ISBN: 9781770455375

Excerpt: ...hailed her, enquiring Are you Captain Baudin? It is he, was the response. Flinders thereupon called out that he was very glad to meet the French explorer, and Baudin responded… Plus…

Excerpt: ...hailed her, enquiring Are you Captain Baudin? It is he, was the response. Flinders thereupon called out that he was very glad to meet the French explorer, and Baudin responded in cordial terms, without, however, knowing whom he was addressing. Still the wariness of the English captain was not to be lulled; he records, we veered round as Le Geographe was passing, so as to keep our broadside to her, lest the flag of truce should be a deception. But being now satisfied of her good faith, Flinders brought his ship to the wind on the opposite tack, had a boat hoisted out, and prepared to go on board the French vessel. As Flinders did not speak French, he took with him Robert Brown, who was an accomplished French scholar. On board Le Geographe they were received by an officer, who indicated Baudin, and the three passed into the captain''s cabin. It is curious that Baudin, in his letter to the Minister of Marine, makes no reference to the presence of Brown at this interview, and at a second which occurred on the following morning. He speaks of inviting Flinders to enter his cabin, and proceeds to allude to the conversation which followed when they were alone (nous trouvant seul). But Flinders'' statement, as I did not understand French, Mr. Brown, the naturalist, went with me in the boat; we were received by an officer who pointed out the commander, and by him were conducted into the cabin, can have no other meaning than that Brown was present. He also says, further on in his narrative, no person was present at our conversations except Mr. Brown, and they were mostly carried on in English, which the captain spoke so as to be understood. It may be that Baudin regarded Brown merely as an interpreter, but certainly his presence was a fact. In the cabin Flinders produced his passport from the French Government, and asked to see Baudin''s from the Admiralty. Baudin found the document and handed it to his visitor, but did not wish to see the passport... Ernest Scott, Books, Biography and Memoir, The Life Of Captain Matthew Flinders Books>Biography and Memoir, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 177045537X

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ISBN: 177045537X

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ISBN: 177045537X

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Author :Ernest Scott 9781770455375 177045537X, [PU: General Books, LLC]