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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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Transactions at Coepang:—Procure Water and Refreshments:—Description of the Town and Productions of the Island:—Account of the Trepang Fishery on the coast of New Holland:—Departure from Timor, and return to the North-west Coast:—Montebello Islands, and Barrow Island:—Leave the Coast:—Ship's company attacked with Dysentery:—Death of one of the crew:—Bass Strait, and arrival at Port Jackson:—Review of the Proceedings of the Voyage.

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Visit to Van Diemen's Land, and examination of the entrance of Macquarie Harbour:—Anchor in Pine Cove and cut wood:—Description of the Trees growing there:—Return to the entrance, and water at Outer Bay:—Interview with the Natives, and Vocabulary of their language:—Arrive at Hobart Town, and return to Port Jackson.

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Departure from Port Jackson, and commence a running survey of the East Coast:—Examinations of Port Macquarie and the River Hastings in company with the Lady Nelson, colonial brig, and assisted by Lieutenant Oxley, R.N., the Surveyor-general of the Colony:—Leave Port Macquarie:—The Lady Nelson returns with the Surveyor-general to Port Jackson:—Enter the Barrier-reefs at Break-sea Spit:—Discover Rodd's Bay:—Visit the Percy Islands:—Pass through Whitsunday Passage, and anchor in Cleveland Bay:—Wood and water there:—Continue the examination of the East Coast towards Endeavour River; anchoring progressively at Rockingham Bay, Fitzroy Island, Snapper Island, and Weary Bay:—Interview with the Natives at Rockingham Bay, and loss of a boat off Cape Tribulation:—Arrival off Endeavour River.

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Transactions at Endeavour River, and intercourse with the Natives:—Examine the River:—Geognostical Remarks:—Leave Endeavour River, and resume the examination of the coast:—