JV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



VICTORIA RIVER. 



PAOB 



Proceed down the river from Reach Hopeless — Meet watering party — 

 One of the men deserts — Kangaroo shooting — The writer left to com- 

 plete survey of river — Silk cotton-tree — Fertility of Whirlwind 

 Plains — Attempt of one of the crew to jump overboard — Reach the 

 Ship — Suffer from sore eyes — Lieut. Emery finds water — Geological 

 specimens — Bird's Playhouse — Tides — Strange weather — Range of 

 Barometer — Accounted for by proximity of Port Essington — Hurri- 

 cane — Effects of the latter — Dreary country behind Water Valley — 

 Fruitless attempt to weigh ship's anchors — Obliged to slip from both 

 of them — Proceed down the river — Complete survey of Main Chan- 

 nel — Visit south Entrance Point of river — Discover a number of 

 dead turtle — Cross over to Point Pearce — Mr. Bynoe shoots a new 

 finch — The Author speared - Pursued by natives — Escape — Flight of 

 natives — Armed party pursue them — Night of suffering — General 

 description of the Victoria — Gouty-stem tree and fruit . 90 



CHAPTER IV. 



VICTORIA RIVER TO SWAN RIVER. 



Leave Point Pearce — Error in position of Cape Ruilhieres — Obtain 

 soundings on supposed Sahul Shoal — Discover a shoal patch on it — 

 Ascertain extent of bank of soundings off the Australian shore — 

 Strange winds in Monsoon — See Scott's Reef — Discover error in its 

 position — Make Depuch Island — Prevalence of westerly winds near 

 it — Sperm whales — Tedious passage — Death and burial of the ship's 

 cook — Anecdotes of his life — Good land fall — Arrival at Swan River 

 — Find Colony improved — Hospitality of Colonists — Lieut. Roe's ac- 

 count of his rescuing Captain Grey's party — Burial of Mr. Smith — 

 Hurricane at Shark's Bay — Observations on dry appearance of Upper 

 Swan — Unsuccessful cruise of Champion — Visit Rottenest — Fix on a 

 hill for the site of a Lighthouse — Aboriginal convicts — Protectors of 

 natives — American whalers— Miago — Trees of Western Australia — 

 On the safety of Gage Roads . . . .118 



CHAPTER V. 



Sail from Swan River— Search for the supposed Turtle-dove Shoal — 

 Approach to Houtman's Abrolhos— Find an anchorage — View of the 

 Lagoon — Guano — Remnants of the wreck of the Batavia — Pelsart 

 Group — Visit the Main — Gelvink Channel — Enter Champion Bay — 

 Appearance of the Country — Striking resemblance of various por- 

 tions of the coast of Australia — Leave Champion Bay — Coast to the 

 northward — Resume our examination of tiie Abrolhos — Easter Group 



