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State Papers: West Indies and Colonial Series. "Present State of Jamaica," 1683. "New History of Jamaica," 1740. For my account of Chagres I am indebted to friends long resident on the isthmus, and to Dampier's and Wafer's Voyages. The burning of the city Buccaneer excesses An abortive mutiny Home Morgan's defection
It may be taken for granted that beyond such books as Dampier's Voyage, De Brosses' volumes, and such charts as the library of the Endeavour furnished, old maps afforded no help to Cook in his survey of New Holland. Of the charts Cook says something in his journal. In September, 1770, he writes:
But in the other voyages, whatever discoveries we meet with are purely accidental, except it be Dampier's voyage to the coasts of New Holland and New Guinea, which was expressly made for discoveries; and in which, if an abler man had been employed in conjunction with Dampier, we cannot doubt that the interior and exterior of those countries would have been much better known than they are at present; because such a person would rather have chosen to have refreshed in the island of New Britain, or some other country not visited before, than at that of Timer, already settled both by the Portuguese and the Dutch.
Grey and Lushington wishing to verify the existence or not of a large river supposed to empty itself into the sea, at Dampier's Archipelago, endured great hardships. They were without experience of the colonies, or of the capabilities of the country; but as far as they could judge, pronounced the country well grassed and timbered.
Dampier had left his wife just before their arrival at the hotel, was it not conceivable that by some kind of kink in Mrs. Dampier's brain the kind of kink which brings men and women to entertain, when otherwise sane, certain strange delusions she had imagined the story she now told with so much circumstantial detail and clearness?
Not only did I go to the studio, but from the Commissaire's office I visited many of the infirmaries and hospitals of the Quarter. You see, I didn't trust the Commissaire; I don't think he really knew whether there had been any street accidents or not. In fact at the end of our talk he admitted as much himself." "And at Mr. Dampier's studio?" queried the Senator. "What did you find there?
During his stay in Dampier's Bay, he had made a fine collection of shells and petrifactions, which form long banks on these shores, and which are so much the more interesting, as most of them seem to have their living resemblance at the feet of the same rocks, which are composed of these petrified shells."
It did not seem advisable to attempt a landing on that side of it, and when a little snow commenced to fall he looked at his companions. "I guess we've got to pull her out," said Charly. "Dampier's heaving a reef down; he sees what's working up to windward."
Cruise of H.M.S. BEAGLE Passengers Grey and Lushington Swan River Northern coast survey commenced Supposed channel at Dampier's Land non-existent Lieutenant Usborne accidentally shot King's Sound Effects of a rainy season Point Cunningham Skeleton of a native found New discoveries Fitzroy River explored Exciting incident Boat excursion to Collier Bay Swan River Native steward "Miago" Amusing inspection Meeting with the explorers at Hanover Bay Lieutenant Grey's description of native tribes Miago's memory Fremantle Needed communication BEAGLE at Hobart Town Survey work at Cape Otway Exploration of northwest coast Reminiscences of colonisation Discovery of the Adelaide River A serious comedy Port Essington and Clarence Straits Harbour of Port Darwin named The Victoria River Extravagant hopes Land party organized Captain Stokes speared Return to Swan River BEAGLE again North Examination of Sweer's Island Flinders and Albert Rivers discovered Inland navigation Gun accident Native mode of burial Fallacious Theorising The BEAGLE'S surveying concluded Maritime exploration closes.
Daisy can go with you to the Embassy: I'll stay and look after Mrs. Dampier: she mustn't be left alone, exposed to the Poulains' insolence." And so the matter had been settled. But Senator Burton had made one stipulation: "I won't go to the Embassy," he said firmly, "without hearing from Mrs. Dampier's own lips that such is her wish. And, Daisy? Gerald?
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