CHAPTER 2.11.  PORT ESSINGTON AND THE NORTH-WEST COAST.

Appearance of Settlement. 
Effects of climate. 
Native mother. 
Trade in teeth. 
Macassar Proas. 
Lieutenant Vallack visits the Alligator Rivers. 
Interview with Natives. 
Prospects of Port Essington. 
Lieutenant Stewart’s Route. 
Climate. 
Remarks of Mr. Bynoe. 
Harbour of refuge. 
Sail from Port Essington. 
Sahul Shoal. 
Arrive at Coepang. 
Timorees. 
Sail for North-west Coast. 
Strong winds. 
Cape Bossut. 
Exploration of North-west Coast. 
View of Interior. 
Birds. 
Solitary Island. 
Visit the Shore. 
Amphinome Shoals. 
Bedout Island. 
Breaker Inlet. 
Exmouth Gulf. 
Arrive at Swan River.

CHAPTER 2.12.

Reported Harbour. 
Set out for Australind. 
The Grass-tree. 
Correspondence with Mr. Clifton, etc. 
Sail from Gage Road. 
Examination of coast. 
Reach Champion Bay. 
Visit Mount Fairfax and Wizard Peak. 
Arid nature of country. 
Want of water. 
Native Grave. 
The Greenough river. 
Natives. 
Leave Champion Bay. 
Koombanah Bay. 
Naturaliste Reef. 
Reach South Australia. 
Port Adelaide. 
Proposed Railroad. 
Visit Mount Barker. 
Encounter Bay. 
Native fishing. 
Return to Adelaide. 
Sail from South Australia. 
Portland Bay. 
Squatters. 
Tour in the interior. 
Fertile country. 
View from the Sugarloaf. 
Visit Cape Bridgewater. 
Sail for Hobart. 
Liberality of Sir John Franklin. 
Atmospheric changes. 
Arrive at Sydney.

CHAPTER 2.13.

Exploration of Interior. 
Twofold Bay. 
Survey of Bass Strait. 
Dangerous situation of the Beagle. 
Kent and Hogan Groups. 
Gipps Land. 
Wilson’s Promontory. 
The Tamar. 
Eastern entrance of Strait. 
Steam communication between India and Australia. 
New Guinea. 
Straitsmen. 
North coast of Tasmania. 
Aborigines. 
Port Phillip. 
Directions for ships passing King Island. 
Complete survey of Bass Strait. 
Farewell to Sydney. 
Moreton Bay. 
The Comet. 
State of Tasmania, or Van Diemen’s Land. 
Lighthouses in Bass Strait.

CHAPTER 2.14.  AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND.

Sail from Tasmania. 
The South-west Cape. 
Monument to Flinders. 
Rottnest Island. 
Lighthouse. 
Penal Establishment. 
Longitude of Fremantle. 
Final departure from Western Australia. 
Rodrigue Island. 
Effects of a hurricane at Mauritius. 
The crew and passengers of a foundered vessel saved. 
Bourbon. 
Madagascar. 
Simon’s Bay. 
Deep sea soundings. 
Arrival in England. 
Take leave of the Beagle. 
The Surveying service.