NEW SOUTH WALES. 
Phillip was no fooner informed of this, than he difpatched 
an ofEcer to him with full information of the time when 
it was probable our fliips would fail, and with affurances 
that his letters fliould be pundtually tranfmitted. By 
this officer the following intelligence was brought back 
concerning the voyage of the Altrolabe and BoulTole. 
Thefe veffels had failed from France in June 1785. 
They had touched at the Hie of Santa Gatharina on the 
coaft of Bralil, from thence had gone by the extremity of 
South America into the Pacific Ocean, where they had 
run along by the coafts of Chili and California. They 
had afterwards vifited Eafter liland, Nootka Sound, Cook's 
River, Kamfchatka, Manilla, the Ifl.es des Navigateurs, 
Sandwich and the Friendly Illands. M, la Peroufe had 
alfo anchored off Norfolk Illand, but could not land, on 
account of the furf. In this long voyage he had not 
lofl any of his people by licknefs ; but two boats crews 
had unfortunately periflied in a furf on the north-well 
coafl: of America; and at Mafuna, one of the liles des 
Navigateurs, M. L'Angle, Captain of the Aflrolabe, had 
met v/ith a fate ftill more unfortunate. That officer had 
gone afliore with two long boats for the purpofe of filling 
fome water calks. His party amounted to forty men, 
and the natives, from whom the French had received 
abundance of refrefliments, and with whom they had 
been uniformly on the beil ternas^ did not on their land- 
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