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Lately published, in 2 vols^Svo. cloth, with 8 Mapt and Charts, and 57 Illustration 



BY COMMAND OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. 



DISCOVBB.IES IN AUSTB,AI.ZA 



OP THE 



VICTORIA, ADELAIDE, ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS, 



.AND EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR; 



DURING THE 



VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE, 



BETWEEN THE TEAKS 1837 AND 1843 : ALSO 



A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART, 

 COMMANDER OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S. 

 TO THE ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA. 



BY CAPT. J. LORT STOKES, R.N. 



" The whole narratire is so captivating, that we expect to find the work as much in 

 demand at circulating libraries as at institutions of graver pretensions." — Colon. Gaz. 



" We have to thank Capt. Stokes for a most valuable work, one that will place his 

 name by the side of Vancouver, Tasman, Dampier, and Cook." — Neio Quar. Review. 



" The science of Navigation owes a deep debt to Captain Stokes. The information 

 contained in the present volumes must render them an invaluable companion to any 

 ship performing a voyage to that part of the world." — Foreign Quarterly Review. 



" Every part of it is full of matter, both for the general and scientific reader. With 

 the acts of throwing the lead, taking angles, &c. lively anecdotes and pleasing ideas 

 are constantly associated, so that we very much doubt whetlier any reader will lay 

 aside the book, large as it is, without regret. In some parts you have all the breath- 

 less excitement of a voyage of discovery, and sail up new rivers, and explore new 

 lands, while elsewhere your thoughts are directed to the tracks of commerce and 

 political speculation. Altogether the work is a charming specimen of nautical litera- 

 ture, written in a pure, flexible, terse, and elegant style, and bespeaks everywhere in the 

 author a mind endued with very high moral and intellectual qualities." — Praser's Mag. 



" While these volumes must prove of great value to the maritime profession, to the 

 geographer, and to emigrants, they cannot fail to be perused with interest by readers 

 in general." — AtheruBum. 



" We cannot, in noticing these two ably written and interesting volumes, insist too 

 strongly upon their importance alike to the mariner, the geographer, and the general 

 reader. The author is a man of considerable merit, a shrewd observer of men and 

 things, and who was fitted by nature and inclination to conduct these researches into 

 the vast unknown continent whither he proceeded with enterprise and spirit. These 

 volumes contain a fund of interesting matter, and we warmly recommend this valua- 

 ble addition to our literary and scientific stores to the attention of the public." 



Sentinel. 



'* The content-i of these volumes, rich, varied and full of interest, will be their best 

 recommendation. For scientific accuracy, they will be highly valued by the geographer 

 and navigator, while they will be read for mere amusement by the public at large." 



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