CHAPTER IX. 



BASS STRAIT. 



LEAVE SYDNEY — ENTER BASS STRAIT — ISLAND AT EASTERN 



ENTRANCE — WILSOn's PROMONTORY — CAPE SHANCK 



ENTER PORT PHILLIP — TIDE RACE — COMMENCE SURVEY- 

 ING OPERATIONS — FIRST SETTLEMENT — ESCAPED CONVICT 



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 — GEO- 

 LOGICAL FORMATION — EXAMINE COAST TO SEA ELEPHANT 

 ROCK— BRIG ROCK — CROSS THE STRAIT TO HUNTER 



ISLAND — STRONG TIDE NEAR REId's ROCKS THREE 



HUMMOCK 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. USBORNE LEAVES. 



Before quitting Sydney I must express my grati- 

 tude for the hospitality we experienced during our 



