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- tive of the voyage.
By the same conveyance I have written to Mr Marsden, and inclosed copies of two letters which I addressed to General De Caën upon the expiration of my first year of imprisonment in this island. As I imagine these will be shown to you Sir Joseph, it is unnecessary to say anything here concerning my present situation; it is unhappy enough; but I look wholly to Europe for my Liberty, for neither justice or humanity can procure anything for me here, not even an answer to my letters; My time is not, however, idled away in useless complaints; but resting with confidence upon the hope that either the justice of the French government or the interference of our own will, 'ere long, produce a release, I employ myself in forwarding the objects for which the Investigator was fitted out, as far as my opportunities and ability will allow.
With the highest respect and consideration, I am, Sir Joseph, your much obliged and faithful servant
Mattw Flinders