Fowler’s Bay. 
Departure from thence. 
Arrival at the Isles of St. Francis. 
Correspondence between the winds and the marine barometer. 
Examination of the other parts of Nuyts’ Archipelago, and of the main
coast. 
The Isles of St Peter. 
Return to St. Francis. 
General remarks on Nuyts’ Archipelago. 
Identification of the islands in the Dutch chart.

CHAPTER VI.

Prosecution of the discovery of the unknown coast. 
Anxious Bay. 
Anchorage at Waldegrave’s and at Flinders’ Islands. 
The Investigator’s Group. 
Coffin’s Bay. 
Whidbey’s Isles. 
Differences in the magnetic needle. 
Cape Wiles. 
Anchorage at Thistle’s Island. 
Thorny Passage. 
Fatal accident. 
Anchorage in Memory Cove. 
Cape Catastrophe, and the surrounding country. 
Anchorage in Port Lincoln, and refitment of the ship. 
Remarks on the country and inhabitants. 
Astronomical and nautical observations.

CHAPTER VII.

Departure from Port Lincoln. 
Sir Joseph Banks’ Group. 
Examination of the coast, northward. 
The ship found to be in a gulph. 
Anchorage near the head of the gulph. 
Boat expedition. 
Excursion to Mount Brown. 
Nautical observations. 
Departure from the head, and examination of the east side of the gulph. 
Extensive shoal. 
Point Pearce. 
Hardwicke Bay. 
Verification of the time keepers. 
General remarks on the gulph. 
Cape Spencer and the Althorpe Isles. 
New land discovered:  Anchorage there. 
General remarks on Kangaroo Island. 
Nautical observations.

CHAPTER VIII.

Departure from Kangaroo Island. 
Examination of the main coast, from Cape Spencer eastward. 
The Investigator’s Strait. 
A new gulph discovered.  Anchorage at, and examination of the head. 
Remarks on the surrounding land. 
Return down the gulph. 
Troubridge Shoal. 
Yorke’s Peninsula. 
Return to Kangaroo Island. 
Boat expedition to Pelican Lagoon. 
Astronomical observations. 
Kangaroo Island quitted. 
Back-stairs Passage. 
The coast from Cape Jervis, eastward. 
Meeting, and communication with Le Geographe. 
Remarks upon the French discoveries on the South Coast.

CHAPTER IX.

Examination of the coast resumed. 
Encounter Bay. 
The capes Bernouilli and Jaffa. 
Baudin’s Rocks. 
Differences in the bearings on tacking. 
Cape Buffon, the eastern limit of the French discovery. 
The capes Northumberland and Bridgewater of captain Grant. 
Danger from a south-west gale. 
King’s Island, in Bass’ Strait:  Anchorage there. 
Some account of the island. 
Nautical observations. 
New Year’s Isles. 
Cape Otway, and the north-west entrance to Bass’ Strait. 
Anchorage in, and examination of Port Phillip. 
The country and inhabitants. 
Nautical observations.