PUBLISHED BY 



T. AND W. BOONE, 



29, NEW BOND STREET. 



JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY 



IN 



NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN iLnSTRAI.IA 



DURING THE YEARS 1837, 1838, and 1839, 



Under the Authority of her Majesty's Governiuent. 



With Observations on the Agricultural and Commercial Capabilities and Prospects 

 of several newly-explored fertile Regions, including 



AUSTRALIND, 



and on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c. <fec. 

 By GEORGE GREY, Esq., late Captain 83rd Regt. 



GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 



With Tivo large Maps by J. Arrowsmitli, and numerous Illustrations, 

 some coloured, in 2 vols. 8do. 



" It is not with the slightest hope of satisfying curiosity, or to anticipate the interest 

 which the public in general, and geographers especially, always feel in enterprises of 

 this nature, but merely to give such a sketch of the principal features of the expedition 

 as may serve to direct those who are desirous of obtaining information respecting a 

 portion of this remarkable country — hitherto only visited by Tasman, Dampier, Baudin, 

 and King, and never before, we believe, penetrated by an European — to look forward 

 to the detailed journals of the spirited officers who had tlie conduct of the exi)edition." 



From Geographical Transactions. 



A great portion of the country described in this Journal has never before been visited 

 by any European. The Eastern coast of Short's Bay was for the first time seen and 

 explored during the progress of these expeditions. 



" We have rarely seen a more interesting book ; it is full of splendid description and 

 Startling personal adventure; written in a plain, manly, un.iffected style." — Examiner. 



" It is impossible to have perused these highly interesting and important volumes 

 without being inspired witli feelings of warm admiration for the indomitable perseve- 

 rance and heroical self-devotion of their gallant and enterprising author. Setting 

 aside the vastly important results of Captain Grey's several expeditions, it is hardly 

 possible to conceive narratives of more stirring interest than those of which his volumes 

 are for the most part composed." — United Service Gazette. 



" We have not read such a work of I'ravels for many years ; it unites the interest of 

 a romance with the permanent qualities of an historical and scientific treatise."— ^^Zas. 



" We recommend our readers to the volumes of Captain Grey, assuring them they 

 will derive both amusement and instruction from the perusal." — Times. 



" This is a work deserving high praise. As a book of Travels it is one of Ihe most 

 interesting we remember to have met \v\\.\\."— Westminster Review. 



" A book which should be in every lending library and book-club." 



Englishman's Magazine. 



" The contents of these interesting volumes will richly repay an attentive perusal." 



Emiwafion Gazette. 



'' These narratives are replete with interest, and blend information and amusement 

 in a very happy manner." — Australian Magazine. 



