CHAPTER III. 



FROM THE CAPE TO SWAN RIVER. 



A GALE — ANCHOR IN SIMOn's BAY — H.M.S. THALIA — CAPTAIN 

 HARRIS, AND HIS ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA — PRO- 

 CEEDINGS OF THE LAND PARTY LEAVE SIMOn's BAY — 



AN OVERLOADED SHIP — HEAVY W^EATHER AND WET 

 DECKS — ISLAND OF AMSTERDAM — ITS TRUE LONGITUDE 



ST. Paul's — water — westerly variation — rottenest 



ISLAND — gage's ROADS — SWAN RIVER SETTLEMENT 



FREEMANTLE AN INLAND LAKE PLANS FOR THE FU- 

 TURE — ILLNESS OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM TIDAL PHENO- 

 MENA — PERTH — APPROACH TO IT — NARROW ESCAPE OF 

 THE FIRST SETTLERS — THE DARLING RANGE — ABUNDANT 

 HARVEST — SINGULAR FLIGHT OF STRANGE BIRDS — CU- 

 RIOUS CLIFF NEAR SWAN RIVER — BALD HEAD— MR. DAR- 

 WIN's theory — THE NATIVES — MIAGO — ANECDOTES OF 

 NATIVES THEIR SUPERSTITIONS BARBAROUS TRADI- 

 TIONS, THEIR USES AND THEIR LESSONS. 



We had, upon the whole, a favourable passage 

 across to the Cape ; but on the 17th of September, 

 when distant from it about 500 miles, we encoun- 

 tered a moderate gale from the north. As this 

 was the first heavy weather we had experienced 

 since our departure from England, I was curious to 

 see what effect such a strange scene would have 

 on our passengers. Wrapt in mute astonishment, 



