VI CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 Magnetical Island — Halifax Bay — ABtonish a Native — Description of 

 country — Correct cliart — llestoration Island — Picturesque arrival — 

 Interview with the Natives from Torres Strait — Their weapons — Shoal 

 near Endeavour River — Discover good passage through Endeavour 

 Strait— Booby Island — New birds — The Painted Quail . . 244 



CHAPTER VIII. 



GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 



Leave Booby Island — Eastern shore of Gulf — Van Diemen's Inlet — Ex- 

 ploration of — Party of Natives — Level country — Tides — Visit Boun- 

 tiful Islands — Description of them — Sail for Sweers Island — Inves- 

 tigator Road — Natives — Locusts — Record of the Investigator's visit 

 — Dig a well — Boats explore island and coast to the westward — 

 Sweers and Bentinck Islands — Tides — Take ship over to the main — 

 Another boat expedition leaves — Ship proceeds to the head of the 

 Gulf — Discovery and exploration of Disaster Inlet — Narrow escape 

 — Description of Interior — Wild Fowl — Explore coast to the east- 

 ward — Inlets — Discover the Flinders — The Cuckoo — Ascent of the 

 river — Night scene — Burial tree — Remarks — Return to the ship — 

 Exploration of south-western part of Gulf — Large inlets discovered 260 



CHAPTER IX. 



GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 



Boat expedition — Explore an opening — Discovery of the Albert — 

 Natives — Picturesque Scenery — Hope Reach — Birds and Fislies — 

 Upper Branch — Beauty of the Landscape — Land excursion — The 

 Plains of Promise — Halt the party and proceed alone — Description 

 of the country — Return down the Albert — Mouth of River — 

 Arrive at Van Diemen's Inlet — Find Mr. Fitzmaurice severely 

 wounded — General result of the survey of the Gulf — Winds and 

 'i'emperature — Booby Island — Endeavour Strait — Reach Port 

 Essington . . . . 302 



CHAPTER X. 



INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



Leave Port Essington — Dobbo Island — Visit from the Schoolmaster — 

 Church — Trade of the Arrou Islands — Their productions — Visit from 

 Natives — The Banda Group — Penal Settlement — Adventures of a 

 Javanese — Cajjtain de Stuers — Native dance and sports — Nutmeg 

 Plantations — Mode of jireserving the fruit — Aniboyna — Visit a 



