CHAPTER XII. 



REPORTED HARBOUR — SET OUT FOR AUSTRALIND — THE 



GRASS-TREE CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. CLIFTON, ETC. 



— SAIL FROM QAGE ROAD — EXAMINATION OF COAST REACH 



CHAMPION BAY VISIT MOUNT FAIRFAX AND WIZARD 



PEAK — ARID NATURE OF COUNTRY— WANT OF WATER 



NATIVE GRAVE — THE GREENOUGH RIVER — NATIVES 



LEAVE CHAMPION BAY — KOOMBANAH BAY — NATURALISTE 

 REEF — REACH SOUTH AUSTRALIA PORT ADELAIDE PRO- 

 POSED RAILROAD — VISIT MOUNT BARKER ENCOUNTER 



BAY— NATIVE FISHING 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 HO- 



BARTON LIBERALITY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN ATMOS- 

 PHERIC CHANGES ARRIVE AT SYDNEY. 



Among the news that most interested us on our 

 arrival at Swan River, was the report of the dis- 

 covery of a harbour on the west coast, near Mores- 

 by's Flat-topped Range. In the Surveyor Generars 

 office I was shewn a map of that portion of Western 

 Australia by Mr. Arrowsmith, " from the surveys 

 of Captain Grey," whose name the port bore ; and 

 the united authorities of this talented explorer, and 

 this celebrated geographer, would have removed all 

 doubt from my mind as to the correctness of the 



