atives further
represented, whilst on the island, that the strangers were continually
looking at the sun, and taking their usual observations. So late as six
years ago, the two Frenchmen were alive; but one joined a party of the
natives in a war, who were defeated: the other died at Manicolo about
three years since. Captain Dillon has secured several nautical
instruments, many silver spoons, a silver salver, which are all marked
with the _fleur-de-lis_; a pair of gold buckles, some China ware, a
Spanish dollar, a piece of the ornamental work of the stern of a ship
(with the arms of France) much decayed; several brass sheaves belonging
to a frigate's topmast, a composition pump, copper cooking utensils, a
large quantity of iron knees; the silver handle of a sword-guard that
was taken to Calcutta in the _St. Patrick_, which led to this important
discovery, and which bears the ciphers of the unfortunate Count; several
large brass guns, which were found where one vessel was totally wrecked;
together with about four or five tons of other valuable and recognisable
articles. Most of the houses, or huts, were found to have bags suspended
to their sides, and those contained human sculls in a decaying
condition; but whether they were of European or aboriginal extraction,
in the absence of an able phrenologist, could not be ascertained."--_Sydney
Gazette, January, 1828._

The following curious relation, is of a dream of John Maatzuiker, whose
name is given by Tasman to a rock on the coast. On the 11th of Feb.,
1662, he dreamed, "that he saw Arnold de Vlaming, member of the council
of India and admiral of the fleet, who sailed for his native country on
the 23rd of December, 1661, in extreme danger, and heard him call
several times for help." The dream was repeated: "he then remained
awake, noted the day," &c., "sealed it, and gave it to the other members
of government." "Accounts were brought from the Cape, that the same day
his ship and some others had sunk with man and mouse." "The paper still
remains at Batavia, or did twenty years ago."--_Collection of remarkable
Dreams, by Dr. Wm. Greve._ Amsterdam, 1819. The story is taken from _Old
and New West Indies. By Francois Valentijn_. vol. iv. p. 312.]

[Footnote 21: Rossel, the editor of _D'Entrecasteaux's Voyage_, on
returning homeward was captured by the English, and being a royalist was
employed in the admiralty; but when emigrants were permitted to return,
he went home, and was