SOME FURTHER CORRESPONDEXCE OF BAXKS. 
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nothing. But that he had obtained leave to address the National 
Institute of France on Flinders’ behalf, and that, in spite of delays 
from the absence of the Emperor and other causes, he hoped to be 
successful. 
On 5th July,* Flinders writes further to Banks, detailing the efforts 
that have been made in India to intervene on his behalf, and that 
the rigour of the imprisonment had been relaxed. 
On 28th November of the same yearf he writes from Wilhelm Plains, 
in the centre of the island, where he had been given liberty to reside. 
Flinders to Banks, 20th March, 1806, J from the Isle of France; 
still fretting at his captivity, suggests that a land exploration be made 
“ with five or six asses to carry provisions ” from the Gulf of Carpen- 
taria, in lat. 18°, to the head of the Great Gulf (Spencer’s) on the south 
coast, in lat. 18°, “ 500 miles each way would probably be sufficient.” 
Banks writes to King, 20th September, 1806, •§ that he had 
at last obtained an order for the release of Flinders, through 
M. de Bougainville, the circumnavigator ; but it was not until June, 
1810, that he was allowed to leave the Isle of France. 
Flinders writes to Banks, 28th February, 1809, acquainting him 
that he had seen a Moniteur of August, 1808, in which “ it appears 
that the south coast of Australia, from the islands of St. Peter and 
St. Francis to Bass’ Strait, is proclaimed to be a French discovery, 
and has received the name of Terre Napoleon.” He trenchantly 
deals with the proposal and recounts the discoveries by Grant and 
himself. This matter is gone into at great length in his “ Account.” 
Flinders to Banks, 25th October, 1810,*’ reports his arrival in 
England on the previous day, after an imprisonment on the Isle of 
France of six and a half years. 
Under Secretary Barrow, of the Admiralty, writes to Banks, under 
date 15th January, 1811,** authorising Flinders to publish the journal 
of his voyage in the “ Investigator,” and accepts Banks’ offer to 
supervise the draughtsmen, engravers, &c., appointed to illustrate the 
work. 
A further letter from Under Secretary Croker, dated 1st March, 
1811, It refers to the trust that the .\dmiralty placed in Sir Joseph 
Banks in the matter of this work. This is the great work which has 
already been referred to as having been published on the day of 
Flinders’ death in 1814. 
So died one of the greatest of Banks’ proteges, a broken-hearted man. 
• Hiit. Rec., V, 650. 
t Ib., 736. 
j Ib., vi, 51. 
5 Ib., 118. 
II Ib., vii, 52. 
Ib., 436. 
•• Ib., 488. 
tt lb., 500. 
