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Chapter 511
Eighteen days after this catastrophe, the two frigates left the Port des Français. La Perouse erected a monument to the memory of his unfortunate countrymen, in the middle of the bay, on an island which he called the Cenotaph. It bore the following inscription:-- "At the entrance of this port, twenty-one brave sailors perished. Whoever you are, mingle your tears with ours." A bottle, containing an account of this deplorable accident, was buried at the foot of the monument. The Port des Français, which is situated in 58 degrees 37 minutes N. lat., and 139 degrees 50 minutes W. long., presents many advantages, but also many inconveniences--foremost amongst them the currents of the channel. The climate is much milder than in Hudson's Bay, which is in the same latitude. The vegetation is vi
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