CHAPTER VIII. 



GULF OF CARPENTARIA. 



LEAVE BOOBY ISLAND — EASTERN SHORE OF GULF — VAN 

 DIEMEN's inlet — EXPLORATION OF — PARTY OF NATIVES 



LEVEL COUNTRY — TIDES — VISIT BOUNTIFUL ISLANDS — 



DESCRIPTION OF THEM — SAIL FOR SWEERS ISLAND — IN- 

 VESTIGATOR ROAD — NATIVES — LOCUSTS — RECORD OF THE 

 investigator's VISIT — DIG A WELL — BOATS EXPLORE 

 ISLANDS AND COAST TO THE WESTWARD —SWEERS AND 

 BENTINCK ISLANDS — TIDES — TAKE SHIP OVER TO THE 

 MAIN — ANOTHER BOAT EXPEDITION LEAVES — SHIP PRO- 

 CEEDS TO THE HEAD OF THE GULF — DISCOVERY AND 

 EXPLORATION OF DISASTER INLET — NARROW ESCAPE 



DESCRIPTION OF INTERIOR — WILD FOWL EXPLORE 



COAST TO THE EASTWARD — INLETS — DISCOVER THE 

 FLINDERS — THE CUCKOO— ASCENT OF THE RIVER — NIGHT 

 SCENE — BURIAL TREE — REMARKS — RETURN TO THE SHIP 



EXPLORATION OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF G13LF 



LARGE INLETS DISCOVERED. 



June 26. —The vessels forming our convov de- 

 parted this morning, and soon disappeared in the 

 w^estern horizon, leaving the Beagle, that seemed 

 destined to be a solitary roamer, once more alone 

 at anchor under Booby Island. 



On the same evening she was herself pursuing 

 her lonely way towards the Gulf of Carpentaria, 



