CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 
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CHAPTER III. 
Transactions at Coepang Procure Water and Refreshments 
Description of the Town and Productions of the Island Ac- 
count of the Trepang Fishery on the coast of New Holland :— 
Departure from Timor, and return to the North-west Coast : 
—Montebello Islands, and Barrow Island -.—Leave the Coast : 
—Ship’s company attacked with Dysentery Death of one of 
the crew:— Bass’ Strait, and arrival at Port Jackson -.—Review 
of the Proceedings of the Voyage. 
CHAPTER IV. 
Visit to Van Diemen’s Land, and examination of the entrance of 
Macquarie Harbour -.—Anchor in Pine Cove and cut wood 
Description of the Trees growing there -.—Return to the entrance, 
and water at Outer 'Bay -.-Interview with the Natives, and Vo- 
cabulary of their language -.—Arrive at Hobart Town, and re- 
turn to Port Jackson. - * 
CHAPTER V. 
Departure from Port Jackson, and commence a running survey of 
the East Coast -.—Examinations of Port Macquarie and the River 
Hastings in company with the Lady Nelson, colonial brig, and 
assisted by Lieutenant Oxley, R.N., the Surveyor-general of the 
Colony : — Leave Port Macquarie : — The Lady Nelson returns 
with the Surveyor-general to Port Jackson : — Enter the Barrier- 
reefs at Break-sea Spit -.—Discover Rodd’s Bay -.—Visit the 
Percy Islands -.—Pass through Whitsunday Passage, and anchor 
in Cleveland Bay :-Wood and water there : -Continue the ex- 
amination of the East Coast towards Endeavour River; anchor- 
ing progressively at Rockingham Bay, Fitzroy Island, Snapper 
Island, and Weary Bay -.—Interview with the Natives at Rock- 
ingham Bay, and loss of a boat off Cape Tribulation :— Arrival 
off Endeavour River. • 
CHAPTER VI. 
Transactions at Endeavour River, and intercourse with the Na- 
tives -.—Examine the River :— Geognostical Remarks -.—Leave 
Endeavour River, and resume the examination of the coast : 
