Departure from Roebuck Bay. 
Appearance of the Country. 
Progress to the northward. 
Hills and Cliffs. 
French Names and French Navigators. 
Tasman, and his account of the Natives. 
Hazeygaeys and Assagais. 
His Authenticity as an Historian. 
Description of the Natives. 
Marks and mutilations. 
Phrenological Development. 
Moral condition. 
Proas, Canoes, and Rafts. 
Another squall. 
Anchor in Beagle Bay. 
Face of the Country. 
Palm Trees. 
Dew. 
Hauling the Seine. 
A meeting with Natives. 
Eastern Salutation. 
Miago’s conduct towards, and opinion of, his countrymen. 
Mutilation of the Hand. 
Native smokes seen. 
Move further to the North-East. 
Point Emeriau. 
Cape Leveque. 
Point Swan. 
Tide-races. 
Search for water. 
Encountered by Natives. 
Return to the Ship. 
The attempt renewed. 
Conduct of the Natives. 
Effect of a Congreve Rocket after dark. 
A successful haul. 
More Natives. 
Miago’s Heroism. 
The plague of Flies. 
Dampier’s description of it. 
Native Habitations. 
Underweigh. 
Wind and weather. 
Tidal Phenomenon. 
Natural History. 
Singular Kangaroo. 
Bustard. 
Cinnamon Kangaroo. 
Quails. 
Goanas and Lizards. 
Ant Hills. 
Fishing over the side. 
A day in the Bush. 
A flood of fire. 
Soil and Productions. 
White Ibis. 
Curious Tree. 
Rain water. 
Geology of the Cliffs. 
Weigh, and graze a Rock, or Touch and go. 
The Twins. 
Sunday Strait. 
Roe’s Group. 
Miago and his friends. 
A black dog. 
A day of rest. 
Native raft. 
Captain King and the Bathurst. 
A gale. 
Point Cunningham. 
Successful search for water. 
Native estimation of this fluid. 
Discovery of a Skeleton. 
And its removal. 
The grey Ibis. 
Our parting legacy.

CHAPTER 1.6.  POINT CUNNINGHAM TO FITZROY RIVER.

Survey the Coast to Point Cunningham. 
Move the Ship. 
Mosquitoes. 
Southern View of King’s Sound. 
Singular vitreous Formation. 
Move to the south of Point Cunningham. 
Captain King’s limit. 
Termination of Cliffy Range. 
Disaster Bay. 
An Exploring Party leave in the boats. 
The shore. 
A freshwater lake. 
Valentine Island. 
Native Fire and Food. 
A heavy squall. 
The wild Oat. 
Indications of a River. 
Point Torment. 
Gouty-stem Tree and Fruit. 
Limits of its growth. 
Another squall. 
Water nearly fresh alongside. 
The Fitzroy River. 
Tide Bore and dangerous position of the Yawl. 
Ascent of the Fitzroy. 
Appearance of the adjacent land. 
Return on foot. 
Perilous situation and providential escape. 
Survey the western shore. 
Return to the Ship. 
Sporting, Quail and Emus. 
Natives. 
Ship moved to Point Torment.