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CHAPTER VII. 
Cross the Gulf of Carpentaria, and resume the survey of the North 
coast at Wessel’s Islands: — Castlereagli Bay : — Crocodile Islands: 
— Discovery and examination of Liverpool River : — Natives : — 
Arrive at Goulburn Island: — Complete wood and water: — At- 
tacked by the natives from the cliffs : — Leave Goulburn Island, 
and pass round Cape Van Diemen: — Resume the survey of the 
. coast at Vernon’s Islands in Clarence Strait : — Paterson Bay: — • 
Per on Island : — Anson Bay : — Mr. Roe examines Port Keats: 
— Prevented from examining- a deep opening- round Point Pearce : 
— Discovery of Cambridge Gulf: — Lacrosse Island: — Natives : — 
Examination of the Gulf :— Death of one of the crew : — Leave 
Cambridge Gulf: — Trace the coast to Cape Londonderry. 
On our voyage from Torres Strait to the wes- Jsi9. 
tern head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, which July 26 . 
is Cape Arnhem, no incident occurred of suffi- 
cient interest to be worth recording; but no 
sooner had we passed Torres Strait, than a 
very sensible difference was perceived in the 
temperature : the thermometer was observed to 
range between 75° and 83°, which was about 3° 
higher than it did on the south side of the 
Strait; this change produced a drier air and 
finer weather, and soon restored our invalids to 
perfect health. 
