The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account 228 of what happened upon landing there
The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Savu, and the 240 Transactions there
A particular Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce and 258 Inhabitants, with a Specimen of their Language
The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the 280 Transactions there while the Ship was refitting
Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, with their 299 Fruits, Flowers, and other Productions
Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent 322 Country, their Manners. Customs, and Manner of Life
The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope.—Some Account 339 of Prince’s Island, and its Inhabitants, and a comparative View of their Language, with the Malay and Javanese
Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.—Some Remarks on the Run 352 from Java Head to that Place.—A Description of the Cape and of Saint Helena.—With some Account of the Hottentots, and the Return of the Ship to England
RANGE FROM CAPE TURNAGAIN SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF POENAMMOO, ROUND CAPE SOUTH, AND BACK TO THE WESTERN ENTRANCE OF COOK’S STREIGHT, WHICH COMPLETED THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THIS COUNTRY; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE COAST, AND OF ADMIRALTY BAY: THE DEPARTURE FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND VARIOUS PARTICULARS.
AT four o’clock in the afternoon of Friday the 9th of February, we tacked, and stood S. W. till eight o’clock the next morning; when, being not above three or four miles from the shore, we stood off two hours, and then again S. W. till noon, when, at the distance of about two miles from the shore, we had twenty-six fathom water.
We continued to make sail to the southward till sunset on the 11th, when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Palliser, of which as the weather was clear we had a good view. It is of a height sufficient to be seen in clear weather at the distance of twelve or fourteen leagues, and the land is of a broken and hilly surface. Between the foot of the high land and the sea there is a low flat border, off which there are some rocks that appear above water. Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain, the land near the shore is, in many places, low and flat, and has a green and pleasant appearance; but farther from the sea it rises into hills. The land between Cape Palliser and Cape Tierawitte is high and makes in table-points; it also seemed to us to form two bays, but we were at too great a distance from this part of the coast to judge accurately from appearances. The wind having been variable, with calms, we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon than latitude 41° 52ʹ, Cape Palliser then bearing north, distant about five leagues; and the snowy mountain S. 83 W.