CHAPTER X. 



SYDNEY TO PORT ESSINGTON. 



LEAVE SYDNEY — GALE AND CURRENT — PORT STEPHEN — TAH- 

 LEE — RIVER KARUAH — STROUD — WILD CATTLE — INCIVI- 

 LITY OF A SETTLER — RIVER ALLYN — MR. BOYDELL — CULTI- 

 VATION OF TOBACCO — A CLEARING LEASE — WILLIAM RIVER 

 — CROSSING THE KARUAH AT NIGHT— SAIL FROM PORT 



STEPHEN — BREAKSEA SPIT DISCOVER A BANK — CAPE 



CAPRICORN —NORTHUMBERLAND ISLES — SANDAL WOOD — 

 CAPE UPSTART — DISCOVER A RIVER — RAISED BEACH — 

 SECTIONOF BARRIERREEF — NATIVES — PLANTS AND ANIMALS 

 — MAGNETICAL ISLAND — HALIFAX BAY — HEIGHT OF COR- 

 DILLERA — FITZROY ISLAND — HOPE ISLAND VERIFYING 



CAPTAIN king's ORIGINAL CHART — CAPE BEDFORD — NEW 



GEOLOGICAL FEATURE LIZARD ISLANDS — CAPTAIN COOK — 



BARRIER AND REEFS WITHIN — HOWICK GROUP NOBLE 



ISLAND — CAPE MELVILLE — REEF NEAR CAPE FLINDERS — 



PRINCESS charlotte's BAY SECTION OF A DETACHED 



REEF — TIDE AT CLAREMONT ISLES — RESTORATION ISLAND 



ISLANDS FRONTING CAPE GRENVILLE — BOYDAN ISLAND 



— CORRECT CHART — TIDES — CAIRNCROSS ISLAND — ESCAPE 



RIVER CORRECT POSITION OF REEFS — YORK ISLES — TIDES 



— TORRES STRAIT — ENDEAVOUR STRAIT — BOOBY ISLAND 

 — REMARKS ON BARRIER AND ITS CONTIGUOUS ISLANDS 

 AND REEFS — CAPE CROKER AND REEF OFF IT — DISCOVER 

 ERROR IN LONGITUDE OF CAPE — REEFS AT THE MOUTH 

 OF PORT ESSINGTON — ARRIVE AT THE LATTER. 



May ^2. — We again bade adieu to our friends at 

 Sydney, and sailed to explore the north-western part 

 of the continent, which from the number of open- 

 ings still unexamined, possessed the interest that 



