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natural grotto— Sail from Amboyna — Island of Kissa— Village of 

 VVauriti— Missiouary eptablishment — Serwatty Group — Return to 

 Port Essinfrton . . . . • 333 



CHAPTER XL 



PORT ESSINGTON AND THE N. W. COAST. 



Appearance of Settlement — Effects of climate — Native mother — 

 Trade in teeth — Macassar Proas — Lieutenant Vallack visits the Alli- 

 gator Rivers — Interview with Natives — Prospects of PortEsslngton — 

 Lieutenant Stewart's Route — Climate — Remarks of Mr. Bynoe — 

 Harbour of refuge — Sail from Port Essington — Sahul Shoal — Arrive 

 at Coepang — Timorees — Sail for North-west Coast — Strong winds — 

 Cape Bossut — Exploration of North-west Coast — View of Interior — 

 Birds — Solitary Island — Visit the Shore — Amphinome Shoals — 

 Bedout Island — Breaker Inlet — Exmouth Gulf — Arrive at Swan 

 River . . . • .353 



CHAPTER XII. 



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Reported Harbour — Set out for Australind — The Grass-tree— Corres- 

 pondence with Mr. Clifton, etc. — Sail from Gage Road — Examination 

 of coast— Reach Champion Bay — Visit Mount Fairfax and Wizard 

 Peak — Arid nature of country — Want of water — Native Grave — Tlie 

 Greenough river — Natives — Leave Champion Bay — Koombanah Bay 

 — Naturaliste Reef — Reach South Australia — Port Adelaide — Pro- 

 posed Railroad — Visit Mount Barker — Encounter Bay — Native fish- 

 ing — Return to Adelaide — Sail from South Australia — Portland Bay 

 — Squatters — Tour in the interior — Fertile country — View from the 

 Sugar-loaf — Visit Cape Bridgewater — Sail for Hobarton — Liberality 

 of Sir John Franklin — Atmospheric changes — Arrive at Sydney . 378 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Exploration of Interior — Twofold Bay— Survey of Bass Strait — Dange- 

 rous situation of the Beagle — Kent and Hogan Groups— Gipps' Land 

 — Wilson's Promontory — The Tamar— Eastern entrance of Strait — 

 Steam communication between India and Australia — New Guinea — 

 Straitsmen — North coast of Tasmania — Aborigines — Port Phillip — 

 Directions for ships passing King Island — Complete survey of Bass 

 Strait— Farewell to Sydney — Moreton Bay — The Comet— State of 

 Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land — Lighthouses in Bass Strait . 414 



