seases occasioned by the climate of Timor, and the hardships
of the voyage (See Peron's work). He arrived in an exhausted and
consumptive state: when he attempted to land (20th January, 1802), he
fainted, and was instantly conveyed on board. He went no more on shore,
but to the grave. He was buried at the foot of a tree, at Maria Island,
and the name Point Mouge was given to the spot.

On the 17th January, the French were attacked by natives at Swan Port,
and Mouge was probably of the party. A native attempted to snatch the
drawings; "then to strike down our weak friend, when he was prevented by
those who ran to his assistance." The French say, they loaded them with
favors, and did not avenge this violence. It is, no doubt, this account
which Mr. Gell confused with the death of Mouge.]

[Footnote 17: "The famous northern confederacy placed England on the
verge of destruction, and Captain Hamilin had reason to fear that he
should not have been allowed to remain in port, or at least should be
refused succour; but the English received him with liberality, _grande
et loyale_: the first houses at Port Jackson were open, and the whole
resources of the colony were at the disposal of the French captain."
"Oftentime did they repeat that excellent maxim, that France first
inscribed on the code of nations: _causa scientiarum causa
populorum_"--the cause of science is the people's cause. So writes M.
Peron; but the benefit of these sentiments was denied Captain Flinders.]

[Footnote 18: _Cook's Voyages._]

[Footnote 19: _Tench's Narrative_, p. 99.]

[Footnote 20: "The _Astrolabe_, M. de la Perouse, and the _Boussole_, M.
de L'Angle, were lost on the S. W. side of Manicolo. On one stormy
dismal night, the oldest natives state, the vessels were blown upon a
reef. One was a complete wreck by day-light, and all hands perished!
From the other, however, some of the crew managed to effect a landing,
when many of them were massacred as they gained the shore, the natives
taking them for white spirits, with long noses (their cocked hats being
considered a part of the face!). As soon as the unfortunate mariners
were proved to be human beings, those that had escaped death from the
waves and the savages were allowed to remain unmolested. A small vessel
was built from the wrecks, which spot Captain Dillon saw; and as soon as
the bark was ready, the survivors, with the exception of two, left
Manicolo, and have never been heard of since! The n