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French expedition. The Investigator
commissioned. Equipment of ship. The staff and crew. East India
Company's interest. Instructions for the voyage. The case of Mrs.
Flinders. Sailing orders delayed. The incident at the Roar. Life on
board. Crossing the Line. Australia reached.
CHAPTER 13.
THE FRENCH EXPEDITION.
Origin of Baudin's expedition. His instructions. Baudin's dilatoriness.
In Tasmanian waters. Waterhouse Island.
CHAPTER 14.
SOUTH COAST DISCOVERY.
The south coast of Australia. Method of research. Aboriginals at King
George's Sound. Discovery of Spencer's Gulf. Loss of Thistle and a
boat's crew. Memory Cove. Port Lincoln. Kangaroo Island. St.
Vincent's Gulf. Pelicans. Speculations on the fate of Laperouse.
CHAPTER 15.
FLINDERS AND BAUDIN IN ENCOUNTER BAY.
The sighting of Le Geographe. Flinders visits Baudin. Their
conversations. Flinders invites Baudin to visit Port Jackson.
CHAPTER 16.
FLINDERS IN PORT PHILLIP.

Grant's discoveries. Murray discovers Port Phillip. King Island.
Flinders enters Port Phillip. Ascends Arthur's Seat. The Investigator
aground. Cruise in a boat. Ascends Station Peak. Flinders' impression
of the port. Arrival in Port Jackson. Healthiness of his crew.
CHAPTER 17.
THE FRENCH AT PORT JACKSON: PERON THE SPY.
Arrival of Le Geographe at Port Jackson. State of the crew. Hospitality
of Governor King. Rumours as to French designs. Baudin's gratitude.
Peron's report on Port Jackson. His espionage. Freycinet's plan of
invasion. Scientific work of the expedition.
CHAPTER 18.
AUSTRALIA CIRCUMNAVIGATED.
Overhaul of the ship. The Lady Nelson. Flinders sails north. Discovery
of Port Curtis and Port Bowen. Through the Barrier Reef. Torres Strait.
Remarks on Coral Reefs. The Gulf of Carpentaria. Rotten condition of
the ship. Melville Bay discovered. Sails for Timor. Australia
circumnavigated. The Investigator condemned. Illness of Flinders.
News of father's death. Letter to step-mother. Letters to Mrs. Flinders.
Letter to Bass. The end of the Investigator.
CHAPTER 19.
WRECKED ON THE BARRIER REEF.
New plans. Flinders sails in the Porpoise. Remarks on Sydney.
Wrecked. Conduct of the Bridgewater. Plans for relief. Stores available.
Voyage in the Hope to Sydney. Franklin's description of the wreck.
CHAPTER 20.
TO ILE-DE-FRANCE IN THE CUMBERLAND.

King receives news of the wreck. The Cumberland. Wreck Reef
reached. Voyage to Timor. Determination to sail to Ile-de-France.
Flinders' reasons. Arrival at Baye du Cap. Arrival at Port Louis.
CHAPTER 21.
GENERAL DECAEN.
Decaen's early career. His baptism of fire. War in the Vendee. The
Army of the Rhine. Moreau. Battle of Hohenlinden. Moreau and
Napoleon. The peace of Amiens. Decaen's arrival at Pondicherry. His
reception. Leaves for Ile-de-France. His character and abilities.
CHAPTER 22.
THE CAPTIVITY.
Flinders' reception by Decaen. His anger. Imprisoned at the Cafe
Marengo. His papers and books. His examination. Refusal of invitation
to dinner. Decaen's anger. His determination to detain Flinders. King's
despatches. Decaen's statement of motives. Flinders asks to be sent to
France.
CHAPTER 23.
THE CAPTIVITY PROLONGED.
Decaen's despatch. A delayed reply. Flinders' occupations. His health.
The sword incident. Anniversary of the imprisonment. Aken's
liberation. The faithful Elder.
CHAPTER 24.
THE CAPTIVITY MODIFIED.
Thomas Pitot. Removal to Wilhelm's Plains. The parole. Madame
D'Arifat's house. Hospitalities. Flinders studies French and Malay.
Further exploration schemes. The residence of Laperouse. Work upon

the charts. King's protest and Decaen's anger. Elder's departure.
CHAPTER 25.
THE ORDER OF RELEASE.
Influences to secure release. The order of release. Receipt of the
despatch. Decaen's reply. Flinders a dangerous man. Reason for
Decaen's refusal. State of Ile-de-France. Project for escape. Flinders'
reasons for declining.
CHAPTER 26.
THE RELEASE.
Blockade of Ile-de-France. Decaen at the end of his tether. Release of
Flinders. Return to England. The plagiarism charge. Flinders' papers.
Work of Peron and Freycinet.
CHAPTER 27.
LAST YEARS AND DEATH OF FLINDERS.
Flinders in London. Prolonged and severe work. His illness. Death of
Flinders. His last words. Treatment of his widow by the Admiralty.
CHAPTER 28.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Personality. Portraits. Flinders' commanding look. Geniality.
Conversational powers. Gentleness. Kindness to wounded French
officer. Advice to young officers. An eager student. The husband.
CHAPTER 29.
THE NAVIGATOR.

Technical writings. The marine barometer. Variations in the compass.
Praise of other navigators. Love for his work.
CHAPTER 30.
THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA.
The name Australia given to the continent by Flinders. The "Austrialia
del Espiritu Santo" of Quiros. De Brosses and "Australasia." Dalrymple
and "Australia." Flinders' use of the word in 1804. His use of it in a
French essay in 1810. Persistent employment of the word in letters.
Proposes the word "Australia" to Banks. His fight for his word. "Terra
Australis." The footnote of 1814.
APPENDIX A. BAUDIN'S NARRATIVE OF THE MEETING IN
ENCOUNTER BAY.
APPENDIX B. PERON'S REPORT ON PORT JACKSON.
APPENDIX C. NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS TO AUSTRALIAN
COASTAL FEATURES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
INDEX.
(MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. PORTRAIT OF MATTHEW FLINDERS, AGED 27.
From the engraving in the "Naval Chronicle," 1814, after a miniature in
the possession of Mrs. Flinders.
2. FLINDERS' BIRTHPLACE, DONINGTON, LINCOLNSHIRE.
(From photograph lent