CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

MOTIVES which induced Government to employ

King's ships in transporting Convicts to New

South Wales.-Intention of establishing a Colony

in Bass's Strait.-Calcutta appointed to convey

thither the first establishment.-Passage from

England to Teneriffe, and the Cape Verd

Islands.
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CHAP. II.

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From the Cape Verd Islands to Rio de Janeiro-

North Atlantic Ocean.-St. Sebastian.-Popu-

lation.-Manners, Climate, and Disseases. 31

CHAP. III.

Rio de Janeiro.-Productions, Trade.-Slaves, In-

dians.-Police and Courts of Justice.—State of

Defence.-Political Situation.

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77

CHAP. IV.

From Rio de Janeiro to the Cape of Good Hope.-

Islands of Tristan d'Acunha.-Cape Town.—

Simmon's Town.-Dutch.-Departure from the

Cape.-Island of St. Paul.-Arrival at Port

Philip.
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CHAP. V.

Transactions at Port Philip from the Arrival to the

Sailing of the Calcutta. Survey of the Port-

Natives.Communication with Port Jackson.

Determination to remove the Colony.-Examina-

tion of Western Port.

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ADDENDA.

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215

II. List of Plants found at Port Philip, Oc-

tober, November, and December,

1803.

III. Meteorological Journal for the Months

of October, November, and Decem-

ber, at Port Philip.

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220

IV. Observations on the various kinds of

Timber found in New South Wales. 224

V. Observations respecting the selection of

Convicts for transportation, and on

the means of preserving health on the

voyage.

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ERRATA.

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