CONTENTS, 



XL 



the country— Meet a larger tribe, and sec a large native house- 

 Return— Shoot a " Cuscus"— Heavy rollers on the sand- banks off 

 the mouth of the opening— Return to the ship — No news of the boats 

 — Farther search for them — Skirmish with Natives— Return to 

 Erroob ...... 221 



CHAPTER X. 



Landing at Erroob— Excitement among the Natives— Visit Seewni,and 

 bring him on board — Promises to accompany us, hut dissuaded by 

 his family— Drying a dead child — Seewai and Mummoos at war- 

 Skirmish among the Natives— Some places said to be " Galla" 

 (tabooed ?) — Mammoos promises to accompany us, but backs out 

 —Apparent dread of New Guinea— We resolve to return and lighten 

 the Prince George, in order to take her into the rivers . . 244 



CHAPTER XI. 



Take the Prince George into a river in lat 7o50'— Lorcrc villages- 

 Skirmish with the Natives — Land and examine an immense house — 

 Bring off skulls and curiosities— Shoot two pips — Proceed up river, 

 hut stopped by bad weather and >!mal w;iter— See other villages and 

 many natives and canoes— Return to vessel— Damp character of 

 country— Delta of large river— Best probable method of penetrating 

 the interior of New Guinea .... 262 



CHAPTER XII. 



Las^t visit to Erroob — Seewai gives us news of our missing boats — Re- 

 turn to Cape York for water— Find intelligence of our missing boats 

 at t be Post-office at Booby Wand— They have gone to Port Essing- 

 ton — Two wrecks happened recently, of which the crews and 

 passengers are likewise gone to Port Essdngtcn — Notes on the im- 

 portance of a post in Torres Strait . . . 292 



CHAPTER Mil. 



Extent of the Barrier Reefs — The inner and outer routes — General 

 features of an " individual corn I reef " — Modes in which these reefs 

 are grouped — The reefs of the Great Barrier divided Into three 

 kinds: — First, linear or barrier reefs ; fecond, delached reefs; third, 

 in, M r reefs— Form and extent uf the Great Barrier Reefs — Likeness 

 to a submarine fortification — Normal form of the Great Reef-ma?* 

 — Variations from that form- — The coral conglomerate and pumice 

 pebbles of the North-east Coast of Australia— Structure of Raines 



