Peru, 181.
  Pesa, 9. 
  Petit, Mr., 161. 
  Petril, Mrs. Annie, 217. 
  Philip III. of Spain, 6. 
  Philippines, The, 20. 
  Phillip, Captain Arthur, 139, 166, 270, 279;
    his early career, 75;
    in command of the first fleet to New South Wales, 76;
    number of vessels, 77;
    his good management, 79;
    Governor-in-Chief and Captain-General, 80;
    on the unsuitability of Botany Bay, 80;
    explores the coast, 81;
    founds Sydney, 81;
    administration, 84, 296;
    qualifications, 87;
    resignation, 89;
    promotions and death, 89. 
  Pickersgill, 65;
    Commander of the Lion, 65. 
  Pindar, Peter, 74. 
  Pitcairn Island, 51, 233;
    character of its population, 234. 
  Pitcairne, Major, 119. 
  Pitt, William, 164. 
  Plymouth, 125, 221.
  Polyphemus, 287.
  Porpoise, 159, 186, 197, 285, 287, 293;
    wreck of the, 187-192. 
  Port Bowen, 187. 
  Port King, 286. 
  Port Jackson, 59, 81, 94, 142. 
  Port Louis, 142, 198, 201. 
  Port Phillip, 157, 160, 184;
    discovery of, 285;
    attempt to colonize, 271, 289. 
  Port Royal, 52. 
  Port Stephens, 59. 
  Portland, Duke of, 107, 148, 150, 172;
    extract of his letters to Captain Hunter, 109-111.
  Portland, 64. 
  Possession Island, 58. 
  Preservation Island, 170, 177.
  Princess, 137.
  Providence, 100, 169, 229, 249. 
  Providential Channel, 63.
  Prudent, 137. 
  Purchas, extract from, on Australia, 3. 
  Putland, Mrs., 266.

  Quebec, 93;
    siege of, 46.
  Queen Charlotte, 102. 
  Quintall, 234, 235.
  Rattlesnake, H.M.S., 288, 291.
  Reliance, 168, 169, 178.
  Renown, 137.
  Resolution, 65, 66, 221, 230, 249.
  Resource, 197, 293. 
  Restoration Island, 227. 
  Rio de Janeiro, 132. 
  Riou, Captain, 142. 
  Robinson, Commander C.N., The British Fleet, 28, 31. 
  Rochefort, 93. 
  Rochester, 119. 
  Rodney, Sir George, 93. 
  Rodriguez, Island of, 233
  Roebuck, H.M.S., 23, 240;
    a sixth-rate vessel, 24;
    guns, 26;
    officers, 29;
    scale of provisions, 30;
    dress of the sailors, 31;
    founders, 39. 
  Roebuck Bay, 39. 
  Roeburne, 39. 
  Rogers, Woodes, 43.
  Rolla, 194, 196, 197. 
  Rosemary Isles, 39, 213. 
  Ross, Major, 96;
    on the attempt to colonize New South Wales, 82;
    commandant and lieutenant-governor, 116;
    character, 117;
    return to England, 117;
    establishes martial law at Norfolk Island, 122;
    in temporary command, 143. 
  Ross Point, 97.
  Royal George, 92.
  Royal Prince, 19. 
  Russell, Mr. Clark, his sketch of Dampier, 40.