CHAPTER VII. 



THE FITZ-ROY RIVER TO PORT GEORGE THE FOURTH, 

 AND RETURN TO SWAN RIVER. 



EXAMINATION OF THE FITZ-ROY RIVER — EXCURSION INTO 



THE INTERIOR ALARM OF THE NATIVES — ASCENT OF THE 



RIVER — SUFFERINGS FROM MUSQUITOES — RED SANDSTONE 

 NATIVES AGAIN SURPRISED — APPEARANCE OF THE COUN- 

 TRY — IMPEDIMENTS IN THE RIVER RETURN OF THE 



BOATS AN ALLIGATOR — STOKES' BAY — NARROW ESCAPE OF 



AN OFFICER — CHANGE OF LANDSCAPE — PHEASANT-CUCKOOS 

 A NEW VINE — COMPASS HILL PORT USBORNE — EX- 

 PLORE THE EASTERN SHORE OF KING's SOUND — CONE 



BAY NATIVE FIRES — WHIRLPOOL CHANNEL — GROUP OF 



ISLANDS — STERILE ASPECT OF THE COAST VISITED BY A 



NATIVE — BATHURST ISLAND — NATIVE HUT AND RAFT 



RETURN TO PORT USBORNE NATIVE SPEARS — CASCADE 



BAY — RESULT OF EXPLORATIONS IN KING's SOUND 



INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES — CORAL REEFS DISCOVER 



BEAGLE BANK — ARRIVAL AT PORT GEORGE THE FOURTH 

 EXAMINATION OF COLLIER BAY IN THE BOATS — BRECK- 

 NOCK HARBOUR — THE SLATE ISLANDS FRESH WATER 



COVE AN EAGLE SHOT ITS SINGULAR NEST ROCK 



KANGAROOS — A CONFLAGRATION — SANDSTONE RIDGES — 

 DOUBTFUL BAY MOUTH OF THE GLENELG REMARK- 

 ABLE TREE FERTILE COUNTRY NEAR BRECKNOCK HAR- 

 BOUR RETURN TO THE SHIP MEET WITH LIEUT. 



GREY HIS SUFFERINGS AND DISCOVERIES VISIT THE 



ENCAMPMENT — TIMOR PONIES — EMBARKATION OF LIEUT. 

 grey's party — SAIL FROM PORT GEORGE THE FOURTH--- 

 REMARKS ON POSITION OF TRYAL ROCK — ANECDOTES OF 



MIAGO ARRIVAL AT SWAN RIVER — DIRECTIONS FOR 



ENTERING OWEn's ANCHORAGE. 



March 7, 1838. — We spent the morning in 

 making the necessary preparations, and in the after- 



