CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE. 



Distribution of Aboriginal tribes of Cape York and Torres Strait — 

 Mode of warfare illustrated — Their social condition — Treatment of the 

 women — Prevalence of infanticide — Education of a child — Mode of 

 scarifying the body — Initiation to manhood — Their canoes, weapons, 

 and huts — Dress of the women — Food of the natives — Mode of fishing 

 — Capture of the turtle and dugong described — Yams and mode of 

 culture — Edible roots, fruits, &c. — No recognised chieftainship — 

 Laws regarding property in land — Belief in transmigration of souls — 

 Their traditions — Diseases and modes of treatment — Burial cere- 

 monies . . . . . ,1 



CHAPTER II. 



Sail from Cape York — Mount Ernest described — Find Kulkalega tribe 

 on Sue Island — Friendly reception at Darnley Island, and proceedings 

 there — Bramble Cay and its turtle — Stay at Redscar Bay — Further 

 description of the natives, their canoes, &c. — Pass along the South-east 

 coast of New Guinea — Call at Duchateau Islands — Passage to Sydney 

 — Observations on Geology and Ethnology — Origin of the Australians 

 considered . . . . . ,33 



CHAPTER III. 



Death of Captain Stanley — Sail for England— Arrive at the Bay of 

 Islands — Kororareka — Falls of the Keri-Keri — Passage across the 

 South Pacific — Oceanic birds — Stay at the Falkland Islands — Settle- 

 ment of Stanley — Call at Berkeley Sound — Lassoing cattle — Resume 

 our homeward voyage — Call at Horta in the Azores — The caldeira of 

 Fayal — Arrive in England . . . . .84 



