NAKRATIVE 



OF THE 



SURVEYING VOYAGE OE H.M.S. FLY, 



COMMANDED BY 



CAPTAIN F.' P. BLACKWOOD, B.N. 



IN 



TORRES STRAIT, NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS 

 OF THE EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO, 

 DURING THE YEARS 1842-1840 ! 



TOGETHER WITH 



AN EXCURSION 



INTO THE 



INTERIOR OF THE EASTERN PART OF JAVA. 



' BV 



J. BEETE JUKES, M.A. F.G.S. tf 



NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION, 

 AUTflOH OF "EXCURSIONS IN NEWFOUNDLAND." 



Publislied by permisswti of the Lord* Commissioners of Die Ad/triralti/. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON : 



T. & W. BOON E, NEW BOND STREET. 



