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Instructions to Flinders from Admiralty for voyage of discovery in HMS Investigator (FLI03) Page 3


most expedient, until a more
favorable opportunity shall enable
you so to do.


      When it shall appear to
you neceƒsary, you are to repair
to Sydney Cove for the purpose of
refreshing your people, refitting the
sloop under your Command, and
consulting with the Governor of
New South Wales upon the best
means of carrying on the survey
of the said Coast; and having
received from him such informa
tion as he may be able to commu
nicate, and taken under your
command the Lady Nelson Tender
which you may expect to find at
Sydney Cove, you are to recommence
your survey by first diligently
examining the Coast from Baƒse's
Straits to King George the third's
Harbour, which you may do, either


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Fejees
Bass Strait

Vessels
Lady Nelson
Investigator
Porpoise

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