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 des secoura si gentTeux et si puisaans." Time made the geographical larceny as idle as the disingenuous compli- ment. Baudin had nothing to do with them. He died at the Mauritius before Flindet'S x^as imprisoned there. Flin- ders proceeded on his voyage, entered Port Phillij}, and gave varions names, which he waived when, on arriving a^H Sydney, he found that Murray had preceded him, unde^" King^s instructions. Like Murray, Flinders praised the appearance of the country at Ai'thur's Seat. On the 1st May 1802 he ascended Station Peak and deposited in a pile of stones on the top of the Peak the name of his ship. Unlilte Murray, he had only friendly commiinicafcion with the natives w'hom he saw. In Sydney lie accepted the opportunity of treating the officers of the Georaphc and the Naturalists' with the most brotherly kindness. He tells us that " every means were used by the Governor and the principal inhabitants of the colony to make them forget both then- sufferings and the war w^hich existed between the two CO im tries." A few days after anchoring at Sydney Flinders applied for permission to ship two aborigines bringing on a friendly communication with the inhabitants of other parts of New Holland," Permission was granted, and Flinders, although the Investigator was found to be unsound, pursued his voyage, Lt. Murray accompanying him with the Ladt/ Kelson, After naming Port Curtis and examining other portions of the east coast, the bad sailing qualities of the Ladff Nelson hiduced Fihulers to send her back to Sydnej- from the Barrier pLcef, while he proceeded with the Ini^t'siitjtxtor and explored tlic Gulf of Carpentaria^' Although his vessel, was so leaky that he was compelled to repair it, and m doing so, found to bis dismay that few o^ the timbers were sound, he continued his survey until want of provisions, ill-health amongst his crew, and the unsea-| worthiness of his ship, necessitated his sailuig to Timor, and thence to Sydney, where he arrived in June ISOS.'^ The Investigator being there absolutely condemned, and no other vessel being available. Flinders with a heavy heart proceeded as a passenger by the Porpoise; but being J
 * haung before experienced the utility of their presence in
 * Eleven convicts formed part of tlio crew of the Ifive^ti^atar.