Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 365 pages of information about Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 365 pages of information about Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1.

CHAPTER 16.  TO KOLAINA AND BACK TO THE GASCOYNE.

Examine the coast to the north of the Gascoyne
Lyell’s range
Boat swamped in beaching
State of provisions
Search for water
Remarkable plains
Indisposition of several of the party
Examination of the shore to the northward, and of the country to the
south-east.
Affray with the natives
Continued foul weather
Put to sea
Compelled again to beach the boats
Adjacent country explored.
Launch the boats, and enter northern mouth of the Gascoyne
Character of the country.

CHAPTER 17.  FROM THE GASCOYNE TO GANTHEAUME BAY.

Sail from the Gascoyne
A gale of wind
Reach Bernier island
Destruction of the depot of provisions
Repair damages, and return to the main
Anchor to the north of the Gascoyne
Examine the coast to the southward
Its character
Steer from the main
Another gale
Land on Perron’s peninsula
Description of it
Round Cape Lesuer
Beach the boats
Sail again for Dirk Hartog’s island
Land there
Pass over to the main
Description of the land
Round steep point, and put back again
Passage to Gantheaume bay
The intervening coast.
Boat totally wrecked in beaching in Gantheaume bay.

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ERRATUM.

Volume 1 Table:  for Castles, read Chateaux.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Volume 1.

1.  Map of the District of the River Glenelg, on the North-Western Coast of Australia, from the surveys of George Grey, Esquire, by John Arrowsmith.

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