CHAPTER V. 



FROM ROEBUCK BAY TO SKELETON POINT. 



DEPARTURE FROM ROEBUCK BAY APPEARANCE OF THE 



COUNTRY — PROGRESS TO THE NORTHWARD HILLS AND 



CLIFFS — FRENCH NAMES AND FRENCH NAVIGATORS — 

 TASMAN, AND HIS ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES — " HAZEY- 

 GAEYS AND ASSAGAIs" — HIS AUTHENTICITY AS AN HIS- 

 TORIAN — DESCRIPTION OF THE NATIVES — MARKS AND 



MUTILATIONS PHRENOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT MORAL 



CONDITION — PROAS, CANOES, AND RAFTS — ANOTHER 



SaUALL ANCHOR IN BEAGLE BAY — FACE OF THE 



COUNTRY PALM TREES DEW HAULING THE SEINE — A 



MEETING WITH NATIVES — EASTERN SALUTATION — MIAGo's 

 CONDUCT TOWARDS, AND OPINION OF, HIS COUNTRYMEN 



— MUTILATION OF THE HAND — NATIVE " SMOKES" SEEN — 

 MOVE FURTHER TO THE N.E. — POINT EMERIAU — CAPE LE- 

 viQUE— POINT SWAN — TIDE RACES SEARCH FOR WATER 



— ENCOUNTERED BY NATIVES — RETURN TO THE SHIP 



THE ATTEMPT RENEWED — CONDUCT OF THE NATIVES 



EFFECT OF A CONGREVE ROCKET AFTER DARK A SUC- 

 CESSFUL HAUL — MORE NATIVES — MIAGO's HEROISM — THE 

 PLAGUE OF FLIES — DAMPIER's DESCRIPTION OF IT — NATIVE 

 HABITATIONS — UNDER WEIGH — WIND AND WEATHER — 

 TIDAL PHENOMENON — NATURAL HISTORY — SINGULAR KAN- 

 GAROO BUSTARD — CINNAMON KANGAROO QUAILS 



GUANAS AND LIZARDS — ANT HILLS FISHING OVER THE 



SIDE — A DAY IN THE BUSH — A FLOOD OF FIRE — SOIL 

 AND PRODUCTIONS — WHITE IBIS — CURIOUS TREE — RAIN 

 WATER — GEOLOGY OF THE CLIFFS — WEIGH, AND GRAZE A 

 ROCK, OR " TOUCH AND Go" — THE TWINS — SUNDAY 



