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 CHAPTF. VH. Caos the Oulf of Carpentaria and resume the survey ofe North coast at Wessel's Islands:--Caatiereagh Bay.,Crocodile Islands: --Discovery and examination of Liverpool River :--Natives Arrive at Goulburn Island:inComplete wood and water tackel by the natives from tile cliffs :--Leave Goulburn Island, and pass round Cape Van Diemen.---Resume the survey of the cot at V'ernon's Islands in Clarence Strait :Paterson Peron Island :--Anson Bay .-Mr. Roe examines Port Keats: MPreventod from examining a deep opening round Point Pearce: rediscovery of Cambridge Gulf:--Lacrosse Istand:--Natives Examination of theGulf:--Death of one of the crew :--Leave Cambridge Gulf:--Trace the coast to Cape Londonderry. Os our voyage from Torres Strait to the wes- tern head of the Gulf of Carpentaria, which July is Cape Arnhem, no incident occurred of cient interest to be worth recording; but no' sooner had we passed Torres Strait, than a very sensible difference was perceived in the temperature: the thermometer was observed to range between 75 � 83 �hich was about 3 �igher than it did on the south side of the Strait; this cbuge produced a drier air and finer weather, and soon restored our invalids to perfect health.