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| Preface, | xi |
| CHAPTER I | |
| Phillip's Descent—Apprenticeship to a Seafaring Life—Entrance into the Navy—Services to Portugal—Return to England—A Personal Description, | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| The Inception of the Scheme to colonise Australia—Matra and Sir Joseph Banks—The Decision of the Government to found a Penal Settlement—Phillip's Instructions from Lord Sydney, | 8 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Preparations for the Voyage—Official Blunder—Phillip's Foresight—Pitiable Condition of the Convicts, | 18 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The Voyage Out—Phillip's Subordinates—Ross the Malcontent—Phillip's Reception at Rio—Arrival at the Cape—Letters from Collins and Young Southwell—Contrast between the Voyages of the First and Second Fleet, | 31 |
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