CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER 1.]

THE LADY NELSON BUILT WITH CENTREBOARDS.
HER VOYAGE TO SYDNEY UNDER JAMES GRANT.
THE FIRST SHIP TO PASS THROUGH BASS STRAIT.

[CHAPTER 2.]

RETURNS TO EXPLORE THE STRAIT.
HER VISITS TO JERVIS BAY AND TO WESTERN PORT IN 1801.

[CHAPTER 3.]

COLONEL PATERSON AND LIEUTENANT GRANT SURVEY HUNTER RIVER.

[CHAPTER 4.]

MURRAY APPOINTED COMMANDER OF THE LADY NELSON.
HIS VOYAGE TO NORFOLK ISLAND.

[CHAPTER 5.]

MURRAY'S EXPLORATION OF BASS STRAIT.

[CHAPTER 6.]

DISCOVERY OF PORT PHILLIP.

[CHAPTER 7.]

THE LADY NELSON IN COMPANY WITH H.M.S. INVESTIGATOR EXAMINES THE NORTH-EASTERN SHORES OF AUSTRALIA.

[CHAPTER 8.]

THE FRENCH SHIPS IN BASS STRAIT.
THE FOUNDING OF HOBART.

[CHAPTER 9.]

SYMONS SUCCEEDS CURTOYS AS COMMANDER OF THE LADY NELSON.
HIS VOYAGES TO PORT PHILLIP, TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

[CHAPTER 10.]

THE LADY NELSON IN TASMANIA.
THE FOUNDING OF PORT DALRYMPLE.

[CHAPTER 11.]

THE ESTRAMINA IS BROUGHT TO SYDNEY.
THE LADY NELSON VISITS NORFOLK ISLAND AND PORT DALRYMPLE.

[CHAPTER 12.]

TIPPAHEE AND HIS FOUR SONS ARE CONVEYED TO NEW ZEALAND IN THE LADY NELSON.

[CHAPTER 13.]

THE LADY NELSON ACCOMPANIES H.M.S. TAMAR TO MELVILLE ISLAND.

[CHAPTER 14.]

THE LOSS OF THE LADY NELSON.

[APPENDIX.]

[INDEX.]