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Sept.] which contains everal anatomical preparations preented to it by Citizen Joannet, urgeon of the Eperance.

The muter of our crews took place in the harbour on the 21t of September.

The veels went into the road-tead on the 25th. There were then no foreign hips there, and very few French.

We were very heavily laden, o that when we et ail our draught was thirteen feet nine inches at the tern, and twelve feet ten inches at the head.

There were on board the Recherche: 6 eight pounders; 2 carronades of thirty-fix; 6 pedereroes of half a pound; 12 pedereroes of ix ounces; 45 mukets; 35 pitols; 50 abres: 30 battle-axes, and 10 epingoles.

The Eperance was provided with nearly the ame means of defence, which were ufficient to ecure us againt any violence that might be attempted by avages.

Both veels were furnihed with a great tore of commodities intended to be ditributed amongt the natives of the South-eas. Iron tools, and tuffs of different colours, epecially red, formed the bais of our bartering tock.

Each of the veels was tored with proviions ufficient for the conumption of eighteen months, We