CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 
BOOK I. 
TRANSACTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE VOYAGE TO THE DEPARTURE 
FROM PORT JACKSON. 
CHAPTER I. 
Appointment to the Investigator. Outfit of the ship. Instruments, books, and charts 
suppli d, with articles for presents and barter. Liberal conduct of the Hon. East-India 
Company. Passage round to Spitheid. The Roar sand. Instructions for the execution 
of the voyage. French passport, and orders in consequence. Officers and company of 
the Investigator, and men of science who embarked. Account of the time keepers. 
Page 1 to 16 
CHAPTER II. 
Departure from Spithcad. Variation of the compass. The Dezertas. Arrival at Madeira. 
Remarks on Funchal. Political state of the island. Latitude and longitude. Departure 
from Madeira. The island St. Antonio. Foul winds ; and remarks on them. The ship 
leaky. Search made for Isle Sable. Trinidad. Saxemberg sought for. Variation of the 
compass. State of the ship's company, on arriving at the Cape of Good Hope. Refit- 
ment at Simon's Bay. Observatory set up. The astronomer quits the expedition. 
Rates of the time keepers. Some remarks on Simon's Bay. - 1 7 to 43 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from False Bay. Remarks on the passage to Terra Australis. Gravity of sea 
water tried. Cape Leeuwin,and the coast from thence to King George's Sound. Arri- 
val in the Sound. Examination of the harbours. Excursion inland. Country, soil, and 
productions. Native inhabitants : Language and anatomical measurement. Astrono- 
mical and nautical observations. - - 44 to 72 
CHAPTER IV. 
Departure from King George's Sound. Coast from thence to the Archipelago of the 
Recherche. Discovery of Lucky Bay and Thistle's Cove. The surrounding country, and 
islands of the Archipelago. Astronomical and nautical observations. Goose-Island 
Bay. A salt lake. Nautical observations. Coast from the Archipelago to the end of 
Nuyts' Land- Arrival in a bay of the unknown coast. Remarks on the preceding 
examination 73 to 103 
CHAPTER V. 
Fowler's Bay. Departure from thence- Arrival at the Isles of St. Francis. Correspondence 
between the winds and the marine barometer. Examination of the other parts of Nuyts' 
Archipelago, and of the main coast. The Isles of St. Peter. Return to St. Francis. 
General remarks on Nuyts' Archipelago. Identification of the islands in the Dutch 
chart. ... 104 to 119 
