Volume II Part 12 (1/2)

Red apple : Quonni : - : Affects salt grounds

Swamp oak : Yeymbac : - : Name applies rather to the paper-like bark--used to hold water, to cover houses, etc

Rough-topped blackboy : Barro : Zantha : Resin: - : Said to grow to a large size to the North

Native potato : Tubuc : Orchis

Native turnip : Canno

New Zealand flax : - : Phoret the native name

(Footnote The letter a is sounded broad and full as in Father)

SAFETY OF GAGE ROADS

The result of our soundings between Rottnest Island and the main, showed that a bank extended out to the north-east, frolers, sufficiently to check, in so in froe Roads, provided vessels anchor in the proper berth, which is in seven or eight fatho East by North A quarter of a mile nearer the shore the bottoround slightly coated with sand It is therefore not likely a shi+p, well found, can drag her anchor up a bank so steep as that inclination in the bottoea proper berth Froet into the shoal rocky ground; a breeze comes on when they are in no way prepared, in the o; and in soo, the shi+p is driven on shore Thus, through the want of judgment exhibited by a few individuals, has a whole com of the loss of the Orontes at Port Essington

(Footnote See volume 1)

CHAPTER 25

Sail from Swan River

Search for the supposed Turtle-dove Shoal

Approach to Houtoon

Guano

Remnants of the wreck of the Batavia

Pelsart Group

Visit the Main

Geelvink Channel

Enter Cha resemblance of various portions of the coast of Australia

Leave Champion Bay

Coast to the northward

Resume our examination of the Abrolhos

Easter Group

Good Friday Harbour

Lizards on Rat Island

Coral fore

Discoveries on Gun Island

The Mangrove Islets

Singular Sunset

Heavy gale

Wallaby Islands

Flag Hill

Slaughter Point

Observations of Mr Bynoe on the Marsupiata

General character of the reefs