Chapter XVIII King's Third Voyage--Early misadventures--Examines North-West coast closely--The Mermaid careened--Unforeseen result--Return to Sydney--The Bathurst--King's Fourth Voyage--Last of the Mermaid--Love's stratagem--Remarkable cavern--Extraordinary drawings--Chasm Island--South-West explorations--Revisits his old camp--Rich vegetation--Greville Island--Skirmish at Hanover Bay--Reminiscence of Dampier--His notes on the natives and their mode of living--Cape Levêque--Buccaneers' Archipelago--Provisions run out--Sails for the Mauritius--Survey of South-West re-commenced--Cape Chatham--Oyster Harbour anchorage--A native's toilet--Seal hunt--Friendly intercourse--Cape Inscription--Vandalism--Point Cloates not an island--Vlaming Head--Rowley Shoals--Cunningham--Botanical success--Rogers Island closely examined--Mainland traced further--An amazing escape from destruction--Relinquishment of survey--Sails for Sydney--Value of King's work--Settlement on Melville Island--Port Essington--Colonisation--Fort building--A waif--Roguish visitors--Garrison life--Change of scene--Raffles Bay--Dismal reports--Failure of attempt. Chapter XIX 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.