CHAPTER 1.12.

Leave Port Essington. Reach Timor Laut. Meet Proas. Chief Lomba. Traces of the Crew of the Charles Eaton. Their account of the wreck and sojourn on the Island. Captain King's account of the Rescue of the Survivors. Boy Ireland's relation of the sufferings and massacre of the Crew. Appearance of the shores of Timor Laut. Description of the Inhabitants. Dress. Leprosy. Canoes. Village of Oliliet. Curious Houses. Remarkable Ornaments. Visit the Oran Kaya. Burial Islet. Supplies obtained. Gunpowder in request as Barter. Proceed to the Arru Islands. Dobbo Harbour. Trade. Present to Chief. Birds of Paradise. Chinaming Junks' bottoms. Character of Natives. Some of them profess Christianity. Visit the Ki Islands. Village of Ki Illi. How protected. Place of Worship. Pottery. Timber. Boat-building. Cultivation of the eastern Ki. No anchorage off it. Visit Ki Doulan. Antique Appearance of. Luxuriant Vegetation. Employment of Natives. Defences of the place. Carvings on gateway. Civility of Chief. His Dress. Population of the Ki Group. Their Religion. Trade. Place of Interment. Agility of Australian Native. Supplies. Anchorage off Ki Doulan. Island of Vordate. Visit from Chief. Excitement of Natives. Their Arms and Ornaments. Carved Horns on Houses. Alarm of the Oran Kaya. Punishment of the Natives of Laarat by the Dutch. Revisit Oliliet. Discover that Mr. Watson had rescued the European Boy. Return to Port Essington. Mr. Watson's Proceedings at Timor Laut.

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APPENDIX.

List of Birds, collected by the Officers of H.M.S. Beagle.

Descriptions of Six Fish. By Sir John Richardson. M.D., F.R.S. etc.

Descriptions of some New Australian Reptiles. By J.E. Gray, Esquire F.R.S. etc.

Descriptions of new or unfigured Species of Coleoptera from Australia. By Adam White, Esquire M.E.S.

Descriptions of some new or imperfectly characterized Lepidoptera from Australia. By E. Doubleday, Esquire F.L.S.

LIST OF CHARTS.

VOLUME 1.

GENERAL CHART OF AUSTRALIA.

BASS STRAIT.

ARAFURA SEA.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOLUME 1.

NATIVES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. I.R. Fitzmaurice del.

SOUTH BRANCH OF THE ALBERT RIVER. G. GORE del. London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

NATIVE HABITATION.

SINGULAR TAIL OF KANGAROO. Natural size.

ROCKS ON ROE'S GROUP.

NATIVE RAFT.

KILEYS OF KING SOUND AND SWAN RIVER. 1/24th of the usual size.

SUBSTANTIAL NATIVE HUT.

SPEARS OF KING SOUND AND SWAN RIVER.

MONUMENT TO LA PEROUSE.

CIRCULAR HEAD. South-South-East Six Miles.

REID'S ROCKS, KING ISLAND AND THE BLACK PYRAMID.

SECTION OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA, AND GREAT BARRIER REEF. Horizontal Scale of 20 miles. Vertical Scale of 2000 feet. A. Cape Upstart, 2000 feet high. B. Bay within 3 fathoms deep. C. Raised bed of coral and shells, 12 feet high. D. Depth 17 fathoms, fine grey sand and shells. E. 27 fathoms, grey sandy mud or marl, which after exposure to the air becomes very hard. F. 32 fathoms, coarse sand. G. Great Barrier Reef, outer part uncertain, being taken from the width of it near H. No bottom, with 200 fathoms. I. Level of sea at high-water; rise of tide 7 feet.

NORTH-WEST PART OF MAGNETIC ISLAND. G. Gore del. London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

MOUNT HINCHINBROOK. West-North-West 35 Miles.

SECTION OF A DETACHED CORAL REEF IN LATITUDE 14 DEGREES SOUTH, WITHIN THE BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA. The point C (on the edge of the reef C) stands two feet above waterline G, and the point D 1 1/2 feet above it. The depth of water in the lagoon exaggerated in section. Figures on line denote depth of water in feet beneath. G level of sea in a mean state.

RUSH SHOULDER-COVERING OF NATIVES.

VICTORIA FROM THE ANCHORAGE.

NATIVE TOWN OF OLILIET. O. Stanley del. London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

FISHES.

FISHES. PLATE 1. FIGURES 1, 2, 3. Cristiceps axillaris. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

FISHES. PLATE 1. FIGURES 4, 5. Balistes phaleratus. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

FISHES. PLATE 2. FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Assiculus punctatus. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

FISHES. PLATE 2. FIGURES 6, 7, 8, 9. Natural size. Scorpaena stokesii. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

FISHES. PLATE 3. Smaris porosus. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

FISHES. PLATE 4. Chelmon marginalis. Drawn on Stone by W. Mitchell. Hullmandel & Walton Lithographers.

REPTILES.

REPTILES. PLATE 1. Silubosaurus stokesii. Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen.

REPTILES. PLATE 2. Egernia cunninghami. Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen.

REPTILES. PLATE 3. Hydrus stokesii. Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen.

REPTILES. PLATE 4. Gonionotus plumbeus. W. Wing Litho. C. Hullmandel's Patent.

INSECTS.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURES 1, 1a, 1b and 1c. Megacephala Australasiae, Hope.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURES 2 and 2a. Aenigma cyanipenne, Hope.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURES 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e and 3f. Calloodes grayianus, White.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURES 4, and 4a. Biphyllocera kirbyana, White.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURE 5. Cetonia (Diaphonia) notabilis.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURE 6. Stigmodera elegantula.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURE 7. Stigmodera erythrura.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURE 8. Stigmodera saundersii, Hope.

INSECTS. PLATE 1. FIGURES 9, 9a, and 9b. Clerus ? obesus.

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