Vm CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND. 



PAGE. 



Sail from Tasmania — The S. W. Cape — Monument to Flinders — Rot- 

 tenest Island — Lighthouse — Penal Establishment — Longitude of 

 Fremantle — Final departure from Western Australia— Rodrigue 

 Island — Effects of a hurricane at Mauritius — The crew and passen- 

 gers of a foundered vessel saved — Bourbon — Madagascar — Simon's 

 Bay — Deep sea soundings — Arrival in England — Take leave of the 

 Beagle — The Surveying service .... 614 



APPENDIX. 



Winds and Weather on the Western and Northern Coasts of Australia. 

 By Commander J. C. Wickham, R.N. . . .529 



