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Chapter 18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific

           DillonguessedthathemeantLaPerouse,whosedisappearancehadtroubledthewholeworld.HetriedtogetontoVanikoro,where,accordingtotheLascar,hewouldfindnumerousdebrisofthewreck,butwindsandtidespreventedhim.

           DillonreturnedtoCalcutta.ThereheinterestedtheAsiaticSocietyandtheIndianCompanyinhisdiscovery.Avessel,towhichwasgiventhenameoftheRecherche,wasputathisdisposal,andhesetout,23rdJanuary,1827,accompaniedbyaFrenchagent.

           TheRecherche,aftertouchingatseveralpointsinthePacific,castanchorbeforeVanikoro,7thJuly,1827,inthatsameharbourofVanouwheretheNautiluswasatthistime.

           Thereitcollectednumerousrelicsofthewreckironutensils,anchors,pulley-strops,swivel-guns,an18lb.shot,fragmentsofastronomicalinstruments,apieceofcrownwork,andabronzeclock,bearingthisinscription"Bazinm’afait,"themarkofthefoundryofthearsenalatBrestabout1785.Therecouldbenofurtherdoubt.

           Dillon,havingmadeallinquiries,stayedintheunluckyplacetillOctober.ThenhequittedVanikoro,anddirectedhiscoursetowardsNewZealand;putintoCalcutta,7thApril,1828,andreturnedtoFrance,wherehewaswarmlywelcomedbyCharlesX.

           Butatthesametime,withoutknowingDillon’smovements,Dumontd’Urvillehadalreadysetouttofindthesceneofthewreck.AndtheyhadlearnedfromawhalerthatsomemedalsandacrossofSt.LouishadbeenfoundinthehandsofsomesavagesofLouisiadeandNewCaledonia.

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