4 Puhlhhcd by T. & W. Boone, 29, Nerv Bond Street. 



Lately published, in 2 vols. 8ro. cloth, toith 8 Maps and Charts, and 57 Illustration 



BY COMMAND OP THE LOUDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. 



OF THE 



VICTORIA, ADELAIDE, ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS, 



AND EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTEKIOR ; 



DURING THE 



VOYAGE OF H.M. S. BEAGLE, 



BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1843: ALSO 



A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART, 



COMMANDER OWEN STA^aEY, R.N., F.R.S. 



TO THE ISLANDS IN THE ABAFURA SEA. 



BY CAPT. J. LORT STOKES, R.N. 



" Tlie \vhole narrative is so coptivatingr, that we expect to find the work as much in 

 demand at circula ins libraries as at institutions of graver pretensions." — Colon. Gaz. 



" We have to th.ink Capt. Stokes for a most valuable work, one that will place his 

 name by the side of Vancouver, Tasman, Dampier, and Cook." — New Quar. Review. 



" The science of Navigation owes a deep debt to Captain Stokes. The information 

 contained in the present volumes must render them an invaluable companion to any 

 ship performing a voyage to that part of the world." — Foreign Quarterly Review. 



'' Every part of it is full of matter, both for the general and scientific reader. With 

 the acts of tlirowing the lead, taking angles, &c. lively anecdotes and pleasing ideas 

 are constantly associated, so that we very much doubt whether any reader will lay 

 aside the book, large as it is, witliout regret. In some parts you have all the breath- 

 less excitement of a voyage of discovery, and sail up new rivers, and explore new 

 lands, while elsewhere your tlioughts are directed to the tracks of commerce and 

 political speculation. Altogether the woik is a (diarming sjiecimen of nautical litera- 

 ture, written in a pure, flexible, terse, and elegant style, and bespeaks everywhere in the 

 author a mind endued witli very high moral and intellectual qualities.'' — Erasers Mag. 



" While these volumes must prove of great value to the maritime profession, to the 

 geographer, and to emigrants, they cannot fail to be perused with interest by readers 

 in general." — AthencBuin. 



" We cannot, in noticing these tn-o ably written and interesting volumes, insist too 

 strongly upon their importance alike to the mariner, the geographer, and the general 

 reader. The author is a man of considerable meiit, a shrewd observer of men and 

 things, and who was fitted by nature and inclination to conduct these researches into 

 the vast unknovin continent whither lie proceeded with enterprise and spirit. These 

 volumes contain a fund of interesting matter, and we warmly recommend this valua- 

 ble addition to our literary and scientitic stores to the attention of the public.'' 



Sentinel, 



" The contents of these volumes, rich, varied and fuil of interest, will be their best 

 recommendation. For scientific accuracy, they will be higbly valued by the geographer 

 and navigator, while they v^ill be read for mere amusement by the public at large." 



Sunday Times. 



