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When M. de Le Peyrouses boats are built which are intended to replace those lost on this Fatal occasion it is his intention to go round New Ireland thro the Moluccas & to the Isle of France by the Streights of Sunda.
After dinner I attended M. de L P. ashore where I found him quite establishd having thrown a stockade round his Tents & two Boats which he is setting up from the Frames he had with him guarded by two small guns an Observatory Tent was also fixd here in which was an Astronomical Clock Quadrant &c. under the Care of M. d'Agelet, he & M. de le Peyrouse informd me that at Every Place they had touchd or been near he had found the nautical & astronomical of Capt Cook to be very exact & true & concluded by saying "Enfin M.Cook a tant fait, qu'il n'a me rien laisse a faire que d'admirer ses oeuvres" [Finally M. Cook has done so much that he has left me nothing to do but to admire his works]. In the Evening I returned on board the Boussole & was shown all the drawings made on the Voyage.
Lieut King's Acct of M. de Peyrouse