SOME FURTHER CORRESPONLENCE OF BANKS. 
205, 
on 9th June, 1803. Lieut. Murray, who had left with the “Lady 
Nelson,” from the northern extremity of the Barrier Reef, had already 
arrived in Port Jackson. 
Here the “ Investigator ” was condemned, and Flinders’ Second 
Australian Voyage came to an end. 
Third Australian Voyage. — Governor King offered H.M.S. “ Por- 
poise ” to Flinders to complete his surveys. He accordingly left 
Port Jackson in that ship on 10th August, 1803, in company with 
the East India Company’s ship “ Bridgewater” (750 tons), commanded 
by Captain E. H. Palmer, and the ship “ Cato,” of London (450 tons)„ 
commanded by Captain John Park. 
It appears from the following passage* that Flinders did not com- 
mand the “ Porpoise,” but was a passenger. He desired to return 
and report to the Admiralty, taking his charts. 
“ On July 20th Lieutenant Fowler quitted the ‘ Investigator,’ with 
the crew selected for him, and took the command of His Majesty’s 
armed vessel ‘ Porpoise ’ ; and on the following day 1 went on board 
with the rest of my officers and people, to go with him as passengers.”^ 
Living Australian plants were accommodated in a green-house on 
the quarter-deck, and Brown sent the better half of his herbarium 
specimens, collected during the cruises of the “ Investigator.” He 
himself remained behind to make further investigations. 
On 17th August the “Porpoise” and “Cato” were wrecked at 
Wreck Reef (lat. 22° IP, long. 155° 18'); the “ Bridgewater ” escaped 
and proceeded on her voyage to India. 
Flinders thereupon took command of the wrecked crew and pas- 
sengers. By August 26, having launched and named a cutter — The 
Hope ” — he embarked in it with the commander of the “ Cato,” for 
Port Jackson, touching at Smoky Cape and Hunter River, and arriving 
at Sydney on the thirteenth day. 
He returned to Wreck Reef with a ship (the “ Rolla ”) and two 
schooners — the “ Cumberland,” of 29 tons, and the “ Francis.” The 
“ Rolla ” to take the officers and seamen of the “ Porpoise ” and 
“ Investigator ” to Canton, in China, whither she was bound, the 
“ Francis ” to bring back men and stores from the wreck to Port Jack- 
son, and the “ Cumberland ” to enable Flinders to continue his voyage 
to England. On 7th October he returned to Wreck Reef, on the 10th 
the “ Cumberland ” proceeded on her journey, arriving at Coepang 
on 10th November, 1803. On the 14th he left Timor for the Mauritius,, 
where he arrived at Port Louis on 17th December. 
• " Flinders’ Voyage,” ii, 296. 
