. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . which is obscuredby a shallow lake. There they were met by Captain Flinders, who, Investigator, had been exploring the coastbetween Cape Leeuwin and the great gulfs which henamed after Lords St. Vincent and Spencer. Flinderswas returning towards Sydney, when, in the long desolatecurve of the bay which he named from the incidentEncounter Bay, he saw the French ships. After briefand guarded intercourse the explorers separated, theFrench proceeding to survey the gulfs whence the In-vestigator had just s
. The life of Napoleon I, including new materials from the British official records . which is obscuredby a shallow lake. There they were met by Captain Flinders, who, Investigator, had been exploring the coastbetween Cape Leeuwin and the great gulfs which henamed after Lords St. Vincent and Spencer. Flinderswas returning towards Sydney, when, in the long desolatecurve of the bay which he named from the incidentEncounter Bay, he saw the French ships. After briefand guarded intercourse the explorers separated, theFrench proceeding to survey the gulfs whence the In-vestigator had just sailed ; while Flinders, after a shortstay at Sydney and the exploration of the northern coastand Torres Strait, set out for Europe.^ 1 His later mishaps may here he briefly recounted. Being compelledto touch at the lie de France for repairs to his ship, he was there seizedand detained as a spy by General Decaen, until the chivalrous interces-sion of the French explorer, Bougainville, finally availed to procure hisrelease in the year 1810. The conduct of Decaen was the more odious,. XEW SOUTH WALES, AS SHOWX IX THE CARTEPublished in the Atlas of ]
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