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Jan.] thee were remains of the hipwreck uffered by M. de la Péroue, whom he had often een at Botany Bay.

"I conceived that the communication of thee reports mut interet you; and they appeared to me of o important a nature, that I reolved to tranmit them directly to you by a frigate, which I have dipatched to the Cape for that expres purpoe. Captain Bolle, who commands the veel, will leave the papers in the hands of our Chargé d'Affaires, in cae he hould not meet you there; in order that they may be delivered to you immediately upon your arrival. Though I have received no official directions relative to your expedition, that authorize me to end this frigate upon its preent detination, yet I have no doubt that the tep I have taken will meet with the approbation of his Majety, both when I conider the interet of the public and the entiments of my own heart. It was reerved for you to acquire a claim upon the gratitude of the whole French nation, by accepting the command of an expedition which confers equal honour upon the Sovereign who has ordered it, and the Commander to whom its execution is intruted. In every part of the globe that you may viit, you hall ever be attended by my fervent wihes