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LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
| Chapter VI.
THE RELIANCE AND THE TOM THUMB | |
| Governor Hunter.—Captain Waterhouse.—Flinders' passion for exploring new countries—Joins the Reliance—Hunter on the strategic importance of the Cape—Sailing of Reliance and Supply for New South Wales—Flinders' observations—Arrival at Port Jackson.—George Bass—The Tom Thumb—Exploration of George's River—A perilous cruise—Meeting with aboriginals—The midshipman as valet—Port Hacking—Patching up the Reliance—Voyage to South Africa. | 77 |
| Chapter VII.
THE DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT | |
| Bass in the Blue Mountains—Supposed strait isolating Van Diemen's Land—Bass's whaleboat voyage—Wilson's Promontory—Escaped convicts—Discovery of Westernport—Return to Port Jackson. | 97 |
| Chapter VIII.
THE VOYAGE OF THE FRANCIS | |
| The wreck of the Sydney Cove—Discovery of Kent's Islands—Biological notes—Seals—Sooty petrels—The wombat—Point Hicks | 123 |
| Chapter IX.
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TASMANIA | |
| Flinders in command of the Norfolk—Bass's association with him—Twofold Bay—Discovery of Port Dalrymple—Bass Strait demonstrated—Black swans—Albatross Island—Tasmanian aboriginals | 133 |
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Chapter X. THE FATE OF GEORGE BASS | |
| Bass's marriage—Part owner of the Venus—Voyages after pork—A fishing concession—South American enterprise—Unsaleable goods—A "diplomatic-looking certificate"—Bass's last voyage—Probable fate in Peru—His missing letters | 145 |
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Chapter XI. ON THE QUEENSLAND COAST | |
| Flinders and the Isaac Nicholls case—Exploration on the Queensland coast—Moreton Bay | 157 |
