CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER I. 



Objects of the Voyage — Admiralty Instructions — Hydrographer's In- 

 structions— Sail from Plymouth — Arrive at Madeira — Funcbal — Visit 

 to Curral — Try for Deep Sea Soundings — Crossing the Line— Arrive 

 at Rio Janeiro — City of Rio and Neighbourhood — Dredging in 

 Botafogo Bay — Slavery — Religious Processions —Brazilian Character 

 — Cross the South Atlantic — Temperature of the Sea — Oceanic Birds 

 — Pelagic Animals — Arrive at Simon Bay — Survey the B,ay— Caffre 

 War — Observations on Waves— Arrive at Mauritius — Port Louis — 

 Visit to Pamplemousses — La Pouce Mountain — Try for Deep Sea 

 Soundings —Arrive at Hobart Town . . ,1 



CHAPTER II. 



Arrive at Sydney — Bramble is attached to the Expedition — Survey 

 Entrance of Port Jackson and Twofold Bay — Sail upon our First 

 Northern Cruize — Arrive at MoretonBay — Proceedings there — Natives 

 at Moreton Island — Arrive at Port Curtis — Settlement of North 

 Australia— Excursions made in Neighbourhood — Natural Productions 

 — Call at the Percy Isles — Port MoUe and Cape Upstart — Unable to 

 find Fresh Water — Return to Sydney — Recent Occurrences there — 

 Sail for Bass's Strait — Visit Port Phillip and Port Dalrymple— Inspect 

 the Lighthouses of the Strait . . .42 



CHAPTER III. 



Sail on our Second Northern Cruize — Entrance to the Inner Passage 

 — Arrive at Rockingham Bay — Land Mr. Kennedy's Expedition — 

 Commeace the Survey at Dunk Island — Communication with Natives 

 — Bainard Isles — Botanical Sketch — Examine a New River — Frank- 

 land Isles — Find the Cocoa-nut Palm — Fitzroy Island — The Will-o* 

 the Wisp and her Story — Trinity Bay — Animals of a Coral Reef- 

 Stay at Lizard Island — Howick, Pelican, and Claremont Isles — Bird 

 Isles — Meet party of Natives in Distress — Cairncross Island — Arrive 

 at Cape York . ■ ■ • .76 



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