CHAPTER 1.2.  PLYMOUTH TO BAHIA.

Sail from Plymouth. 
The Eight Stones. 
Peak of Tenerife. 
Approach to Santa Cruz. 
La Cueva de Los Guanches. 
Trade with Mogadore. 
Intercourse between Mogadore and Mombas. 
Reason to regret Mombas having been given up. 
Sail from Tenerife. 
Search for rocks near the equator. 
Arrival at San Salvador. 
Appearance of Bahia. 
State of the Country. 
Slave Trade. 
And results of Slavery. 
Extension of the Slave Trade on the eastern coast of Africa. 
Moral condition of the Negroes. 
Middy’s Grave. 
Departure from Bahia. 
Mr.  “Very Well Dice”.

CHAPTER 1.3.  FROM THE CAPE TO SWAN RIVER.

A gale. 
Anchor in Simon’s Bay. 
H.M.S.  Thalia. 
Captain Harris, and his Adventures in Southern Africa. 
Proceedings of the Land Party. 
Leave Simon’s Bay. 
An overloaded ship. 
Heavy weather and wet decks. 
Island of Amsterdam. 
Its true longitude. 
St. Paul’s. 
Water. 
Westerly variation. 
Rottnest Island. 
Gage’s Road. 
Swan River Settlement. 
Fremantle. 
An inland lake. 
Plans for the future. 
Illness of Captain Wickham. 
Tidal Phenomena. 
Perth. 
Approach to it. 
Narrow escape of the first settlers. 
The Darling Range. 
Abundant Harvest. 
Singular flight of strange birds. 
Curious Cliff near Swan River. 
Bald Head. 
Mr. Darwin’s Theory. 
The Natives. 
Miago. 
Anecdotes of Natives. 
Their Superstitions. 
Barbarous traditions, their uses and their lessons.

CHAPTER 1.4.  FROM SWAN RIVER TO ROEBUCK BAY.

Sail from Gage’s Road. 
Search for a bank. 
Currents and soundings. 
Houtman’s Abrolhos. 
Fruitless search for Ritchie’s Reef. 
Indications of a squall. 
Deep sea soundings. 
Atmospheric Temperature. 
Fish. 
A squall. 
Anchor off the mouth of Roebuck Bay. 
A heavy squall. 
Driven from our anchorage. 
Cape Villaret. 
Anchor in Roebuck Bay. 
Excursion on shore. 
Visit from the Natives. 
Mr. Bynoe’s account of them. 
A stranger among them. 
Captain Grey’s account of an almost white race in Australia. 
Birds, Snakes, and Turtle. 
Move the Ship. 
Miago, and the Black Fellows. 
The wicked men of the North. 
Clouds of Magellan. 
Face of the Country. 
Natives. 
Heat and Sickness. 
Miago on shore. 
Mr. Usborne wounded. 
Failure in Roebuck Bay. 
Native notions.

CHAPTER 1.5.  FROM ROEBUCK BAY TO SKELETON POINT.