MacArthur, Captain John, 107, 150;
    character, 108;
    quarrel with Captain Hunter, 108;
    his duels with Captain Gilbert, 125;
      with Lieut.-Colonel Paterson, 151;
    successful wool-growing, 157;
    dispute with Captain Bligh, 256;
    seizure of his stills, 258;
    proceedings against him, 259;
    indictment, 261;
    objects to be tried by Judge-Advocate Atkins, 262;
    lodged in gaol, 263;
    released, 265;
    acquitted, 267;
    his return in 1817, 270. 
  Macassar, Strait of, 100. 
  Macquarie, Governor, his administration of New South Wales, 269, 296. 
  Magellan Straits, 51. 
  Major, R.H., Early Voyages to Australia, 2, 6, 11-15, 37. 
  Manly, Captain, 287.
  Margaret, 294. 
  Margarot, 165. 
  Marines, expedition to New South Wales, 114;
    petition for liquor, 115;
    officers, 116, 118;
    severity of the punishments, 122;
    granted discharges, 127;
    privileges of re-enlistment, 127.
  Marquis de Seignelay, 93. 
  Marsden, 106. 
  Marshall, Captain, 80. 
  Marshall, Mr., 119. 
  Martin, 234. 
  Matavai Bay, 223, 229. 
  Matra, Jean Maria, 74. 
  Mauritius, 142, 198. 
  Maxwell, Lieutenant George William, 100. 
  McBride, Admiral, 119. 
  McBride, Dr., his method of treating scurvy, 54. 
  McClure, 279. 
  McCoy, 234, 235. 
  McFarland, Judge, his book on The Mutiny of the “Bounty," 219. 
  Mercator, Gerald, his chart, 35.
  Mercury, 46. 
  Messina, 241. 
  Middleton, Sir Charles, 211. 
  Mills, 234. 
  Mindanao, 20, 101. 
  Missionaries, on the condition of New South Wales, 105. 
  Molineux, Robert, 65. 
  Monistrol, Colonel, 203, 207. 
  Monson, Sir William, Naval Tracts, 25. 
  Monte Video, 133. 
  Moore, Thomas, letter from, 182. 
  Morley, Roger, 140. 
  Morrison, 232, 233. 
  Mosse Island, 134. 
  Motham, J., 288. 
  Motherbank, 76. 
  Moulter, James, 231. 
  Mountague, Hon. Charles, 28. 
  Muir, 165. 
  Mulgrave, Lord, 119. 
  Murray, Lieutenant, 285, 286;
    certificate of his services, 287. 
  Murray, Rear-Admiral, 240. 
  Murray, Rev. T.B., extract from, on Mr. Nobbs, 240-242. 
  Muspratt, 233.

  Naples, 241.
  Naturaliste, 8, 160, 200, 286.
  Nautical Almanac, first number of the, 50.
  Nautilus, 177.
  Naval Chronicle, 92, 94.
  Navigation aux Terres Australes, Histoire des, 57. 
  Navy, condition of the, in 1688, 22;
    in 1769, 48; in 1804, 293; in 1898, 294;
    officers, 29;
    scale of provisions, 30;
    dress of sailors, 31;
    life on board ship, 32;
    improvement in the class of seamen, 48;
    food and accommodation, 49;
    changes in the uniform of officers, 55. 
  Nelson, Lord, 46, 142, 244, 249.