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CONTENTS. 
Strong tides : — Camden Bay : — Buccaneer’s Archipelago : — Cyg- 
net Bay : — Dangerous situation of the brig : — High and rapid 
tides : — Cape L6v6que : — Examination of the coast to Cape La- 
touche Treville : — Remarkable effect of mirage : — Leave the 
coast for Mauritius : — Voyage thither : — Arrival at Port Louis: 
— Refit : — Some account of the island. . . .39 
CHAPTER HI. 
Departure from Port Louis: — Voyage to the South-west Coast 
of New Holland : — Anchor in King George the Third’s Sound : 
— Occurrences there : — Visited by the Natives; — Our inter- 
course with them: — Descriptions of their weapons and other 
implements: — Vocabulary of their language: — Meteorological 
and other observations : — Edible plants : — Testaceous produc- 
tions . . . . . . . .118 
CHAPTER IV. 
Leave King George the Third’s Sound, and commence the survey 
of the West Coast at Rottnest Island :— Another remarkable 
effect of mirage : — Anchor under, and land upon Rottnest 
Island : — Break an anchor ; — Examine the coast to the north- 
ward : — CapA Leschenault : — Lancelin Island : — Jurien Bay : — 
Houtman’s Abrolhos : — Moresby’s Flat-topped Range : — Red 
Point : — Anchor in Dirk Hartog’s Road, at the entrance of 
Shark’s Bay: — Occurrences there: — Examination of the coast to 
the North-west Cape: — Barrow Island: — Heavy gale off the 
Montebello Isles: — Rowley’s Shoals: — Cape L^v^que : — Dan- 
gerous situation of the brig among the islands of Buccaneer’s 
Archipelago : — Examination and description of Cygnet Bay : — 
Lose an anchor, and leave the coast : — Adele Island : — Return 
to Port Jackson. . . . . .158 
CHAPTER V. 
The Bathurst sails for England : — Remarks upon some errors in 
the hydrograpy of the south coast of Van Diemen’s Land : — King 
George the Third’s Sound : — Passage to the Cape of Good Hope : 
— Cross the Atlantic, and arrive at Plymouth Sound : — Obser- 
vations upon the voyages, and conclusion . . . .221 
