TO 
THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER, 
THE RIGHT HON. JOHN, EARL OF ST. VINCENT, 
THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES PHILIP YORKE, 
AND THE 
RIGHT HON. ROBERT SAUNDERS, VISCOUNT MELVILLE, 
WHO, AS 
FIRST LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY, 
SUCCESSIVELY HONOURED THE INVESTIGATOR'S VOYAGE 
WITH THEIR PATRONAGE, 
THIS ACCOUNT OF IT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, 
BY 
THEIR LORDSHIPS 
MOST OBLIGED, AND 
MOST OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, 
MATTHEW FLINDERS. 
London, May 20, 1814. 
VOL. I. * A 
