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Flinders meanwhile, as Hunter says in his despatch, had been sent in thecolonial schooner _Francis_ to bring back the castaways [Sidenote: 1799]from the _Sydney Cove_, who remained anxiously waiting for succour onPreservation Island. On the way down the young lieutenant discovered andnamed many islands and headlands--the Kent group, the Furneaux group, andGreen Cape are only a few names, to wit--and he came back fully convincedthat the set of the tide west "indicated a deep inlet or passage thr...oughthe Indian Ocean. " He had no time on this trip to make surveys, but on hisreturn to Sydney he found that George Bass had just come in in hiswhale-boat with his report. Hunter and the two young men agreed that theexistence of the strait was certain, and that the next thing to do was tosail through it.
The colonial sloop _Norfolk_, built at Norfolk Island, a few monthsbefore, to carry despatches, was selected for the service. She was verysmall, only 25 tons burden. Flinders was given the command, and Bass wassent with him.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Flinders meanwhile, as Hunter says in his despatch, had been sent in thecolonial schooner _Francis_ to bring back the castaways [Sidenote: 1799]from the _Sydney Cove_, who remained anxiously waiting for succour onPreservation Island. On the way down the young lieutenant discovered andnamed many islands and headlands--the Kent group, the Furneaux group, andGreen Cape are only a few names, to wit--and he came back fully convincedthat the set of the tide west "indicated a deep inlet or passage thr...oughthe Indian Ocean. " He had no time on this trip to make surveys, but on hisreturn to Sydney he found that George Bass had just come in in hiswhale-boat with his report. Hunter and the two young men agreed that theexistence of the strait was certain, and that the next thing to do was tosail through it.
The colonial sloop _Norfolk_, built at Norfolk Island, a few monthsbefore, to carry despatches, was selected for the service. She was verysmall, only 25 tons burden. Flinders was given the command, and Bass wassent with him.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Becke Louis to read onlineMoreLess
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