X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



SWAN RIVER TO SYDNEY. 



PAGK 



Miago's reception by his countrymen — Whale Fishery — Strange ideas 

 entertained by Natives respecting the first Settlers — Neglected state 

 of the Colony — Test security of Owen's Anchorage — Weather — Cele- 

 bration of the Anniversary of the Colony — Friendly meeting 

 bet\Teen different Tribes — Native beggars — Personal vanity of a 

 Native — Visit York— Description of Country — Site of York — 

 Scenery in its neighbourhood — Disappointment experienced — Sail 

 from Swan River — Hospitality of Colonists during our stay — Aurora 

 Australis — Gale off Cape Leeuwen — Stormy passage — Ship on a lee 

 shore — South-west Cape of Tasmania — Bruny Island Lighthouse — 

 Arrive at Hobarton — Mount Wellington — Kangaroo Hunt — White 

 Kangaroo — Civility from the Governor — Travertine Limestone — 

 Leave Holiarton — Singular Current — Appearance of Land in the 

 neighbourhood of Sydney — Position of Lighthouse — Entrance and 

 first view of Port Jackson — Scenery on passing up the Harbour — 

 Meet the Expedition bound to Port Essington— Appai-ent increase 

 of Sydney — Cause of Decline — Expedition sails for Port Essington 

 — Illawarra — Botany Bay — La Perouse's Monument — Aborigines — 

 Meet Captain King — Appearance of Land near Sydney . . 226, 



CHAPTER IX. 



BASS STRAIT. 



Leave Sydney — Enter Bass Strait — Island at Eastern entrance — Wil- 

 son's Promontory — Cape Shanck — Enter Port Phillip — Tide Race — 

 Commence Surveying Operations — First Settlement — Escaped Con- 

 vict — His residence with the Natives — Sail for King Island — - 

 Examine Coast to Cape Otway— King Island — Meet Sealers on New 

 Year Islands — Franklin Road — Solitary Residence of Captain Smith 

 — Soil — Advantageous position for a Penal Settlement — Leafless 

 appearance of Trees — Examine West Coast — Fitzmaurice Bay — 

 Stokes' Point — Seal Bay — Geological Formation — Examine Coast 

 to Sea Elephant Rock — Brig Rock — Cross the Strait to Hunter 

 Island— Strong Tide near Reid's Rocks — Three Hurnmock Island — 

 Rats — The Black Pyramid — Point Woolnorth — Raised Beach — 

 Coast to Circular Head — Head-quarters of the Agricultural Company 

 Capture of a Native — Mouth of the Tamar River — Return to Port 

 Phillip — West Channel — Yarra-yarra River — Melbourne — Custom 

 of Natives — Manna — Visit Geelong — Station Peak — Aboriginal 

 Names — South Channel — Examine Western Port — Adventure with 

 a Snake — Black Swans — Cape Patterson — Deep Soundings — Re- 

 visit King and Hunter Islands — Fire — Circular Head — Gales of 

 Wind — Reid's Rocks — Sea Elephant Rock— Wild Dogs— Navarin 

 and Harbinger Reefs — Arrive at Port Phillip — Sail for Sydney — 

 Pigeon House— Drought — Mr. Usborue leaves . . . 2o0 



