CHAPTER XXV 

 BLACKWOOD AND YULE, 1843-5 



H.M.SS. " FLY," " BRAMBLE " AND " PRINCE GEORGE " AND THE 

 PINNACE "MIDGE" 



THE NATURALIST, J. BEETE JUKES, THE HISTORIAN OF THE CRUISE. BLACKWOOD'S 

 ADDITIONS TO " SAILING DIRECTIONS " OF TORRES STRAIT. JUKES' WORK A 

 GEOLOGICAL CLASSIC. FIRST CRUISE OF "FLY" AND "BRAMBLE," SYDNET TO 

 TORRES STRAIT. HINCHINBROOK CHANNEL EXPLORED. TULLY RIVER. DAL- 

 LACHY AND WRECK CREEKS. GoULD I?LAND. " FRIENDLY " NATIVES ATTACK 

 BOAT'S CREW. JUKES AND PARTY STONED NORTH OF ROCKINGHAM B\Y. LANDING 

 IN ENDEAVOUR HARBOUR. BAROMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS ON LIZARD ISLAND. 

 OUTER EDGE OF BARRIER REEF. LANDING NEAR CAPE MELVILLE. NATIVES 

 GUIDE PARTY TO WATER AND AFTERWARDS ATTACK THEM. SURVEY OF CAPE 

 MELVILLE, THE BARRIER REEF AND THE INNER PASSAGE. " BRAMBLE " GOES TO 

 CAPE DIRECTION. ASCENT OF MOUNT DIRECTION BY BOAT PARTY. ATTACK 

 BY NATIVES. A SAILOR KILLED. " BRAMBLE " REJOINS " FLY " IN WRECK BAY. 

 SIR CHARLES HARDY ISLANDS. RAINE ISLAND. A CROWDED BREEDING-PLACE 

 FOR BIRDS. MURRAY ISLAND. ISLANDERS EAGER TO TRADE. COCO-NUT PLANTA- 

 TIONS. WEDNESDAY ISLAND. BOOBY ISLAND. PORT ESSINGTON, TIMOR, SWAN 

 RIVER AND TASMANIA. " FLY'S " SECOND TORRES STRAIT CRUISE, WITH 

 " BRAMBLE " AND " PRINCE GEORGE." RAINE ISLAND. ERECTION OF BEACON. 

 THE GREAT DETACHED REEF. SURVEYING ENDEAVOUR STRAIT. " FLY " AND 

 " BRAMBLE " VISIT PORT ESSINGTON AND SOURABAYA. THEIR RETURN TO TORRES 

 STRAIT. BOOBY ISLAND DEPO~. PASSAGE BETWEEN ALBANY ISLAND AND MAIN- 

 LAND. DARNLEY ISLAND. TRADE AND FRIENDLY INTERCOURSE WITH NATIVES. 

 MURRAY ISLAND. NATIVES CIVILISED AND FRIENDLY. TRADE. " BRAMBLE " 

 SURVEYS PART OF OUTER EDGE OF BARRIER REEF AND RETURNS TO SYDNEY. " FLY " 

 AND " PRINCE GEORGE " TO NEW GUINEA. FRESH WATER AT SEA. FLY RIVER. 

 ATTACK ON BOAT PARTY BY WAR CANOES. " MIDGE " CHARTING COAST. 

 " MIDGE " AND GIG SEPARATED FROM " FLY " AND " PRINCE GEORGE." BOATS 

 REACH PORT ESSINGTON VIA BOOBY ISLAND. " FLY " RETURNS TO DARNLEY 

 ISLAND TO INTEREST NATIVES IN SEARCH FOR MISSING BOATS. NATIVES ENGAGED 

 IN CIVIL WAR. BLACKWOOD AND EVANS ASSAULTED. CIVIL WAR ENDS IN 

 TOURNAMENT. HONOUR is SATISFIED. " FLY " JOINS " PRINCE GEORGE " AT 

 BRAMBLE CAY. THE " PRINCE GEORGE " TO AIRD RIVER, NEW GUINEA. SHARP 

 FIGHT. " PRINCE GEORGE " SENT TO BOOBY ISLAND. LOG FOUND IN BOOBY 

 ISLAND POST OFFICE GIVES NEWS OF MISSING BOATS. " FLY " RETURNS TO DARNLEY 

 ISLAND. GENTLE PEACE. " FLY " SAILS VIA WARRIOR ISLAND TO EVANS BAY, 

 CAPE YORK. JUKES CONTRASTS AUSTRALIAN NATIVES WITH ISLANDERS. " FLY " 

 TO BOOBY ISLAND. JOINS " PRINCE GEORGE." SHIPS REACH PORT ESSINGTON. 

 Two SHIPWRECKED CREWS RELIEVED. " PRINCE GEORGE " TO SINGAPORE. 

 " FLY " TO SYDNEY. JUKES RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT AT CAPE YORK. 



HER Majesty's Ship " Fly," under command of CAPTAIN 

 F. P. BLACKWOOD (Sailing Master, F. J. Evans ; Mate, 

 D. Aird), was commissioned by the Admiralty to continue 

 the SURVEYING WORK on the coast of Australia which had 

 been commenced by FLINDERS and carried on by KING, WICKHAM 



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