Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



PAtiK. 



Water the Ship — Vessel with Supphes arrives — Natives at Cape York 

 — Description of the Country and its Productions — Port Albany 

 considered as a Depot for Steamers — Sail from Cape York and arrive 

 at Port Essington— Condition of the Place — History of the Settlement 

 — Would be useless as a Colony — Aborigines — Leave Port Essington — 

 Arrive at Sydney . . . . .121 



CHAPTER V. 



Fate of Kennedy's Expedition — Sail on our Third Northern Cruise — 

 Excursion on Moreton Island — History of Discoveries on the South- 

 East Coast of New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago, from 1606 

 to 1846 — Find the Shores of the Louisiade protected by a Barrier 

 Reef — Beautiful appearances of Rossel Island — Pass through an 

 opening in the Reef, and enter Coral Haven— Interview with Natives 

 on Pig Island — Find them treacherously disposed —Their mode of 

 Fishing on the Reefs — Establish a system of Barter alongside the Ship 

 — Description of the Louisiade Canoes, and mode of management — 

 Find a Watering Place on South-East Island — Its Scenery and Pro- 

 ductions — Suspicious conduct of the Natives — Their Ornaments, &c. 

 described . . . . . .162 



CHAPTER VI. 



Leave Coral Haven — Brierly Island — Communication with the Natives 

 — Description of their Huts — Bartering for Yearns and Cocoa-nuts — 

 Suspicious conduct of the Natives — They attack the Surveying Boats 

 — Calvados Group — Further communication with the Inhabitants — 

 Stay at Duchateau Islands — Their Productions — Proceedings there — 

 Duperre Islands — Unable to find Anchorage — Pass out to Sea, and 

 proceed to the Westward — Western termination of the Louisiade 

 Archipelago — Reach the Coast of New Guinea . .218 



CHAPTER VII. 



Brumer Islands — Catamarans and Canoes — Friendly relations with 

 the Natives of New Guinea — Are well received at their Village — 

 Tatooing and Dress of the Women — The Huts described — Large 

 Canoe from the Mainland — Tassai ladies return our visit — The 

 Natives described — Their Weapons, Ornaments, Food, &c. — Cul de 

 Sac de I'Orangerie, and Communication with the Natives — Redscar 

 Bay and its Inhabitants — Leave the Coast of New Guinea — Arrive at 

 Cape York ...... 253 



