APPENDIX.

(A.)

GENEALOGICAL LIST

TO SHEW THE MANNER IN WHICH A NATIVE FAMILY BECOMES DIVIDED.

Bol-ye-ree, a No-go-nyuk.

Kan-dow-ree, had the following children

Three of these children, Yin-dee-ree, Wun-ya-ree, and Kag-a-ree, were by Nar-doo-itch's brother, her former husband.

Kim be-yen-ung, a Tdon-dar-up, married, amongst other wives, Noo-yar, a Ballar-oke.

In order to shew the way in which the different families marry into one another, I will now trace up the descendants of some of the male children of Nar-doo-itch, by each of his wives.

Yung-al, the son of Nar-doo-itch,

Jee-bar, a No-go-nyuk, another son of Nar-doo-itch,

Bee-wul-lo, a Ngotak, the son of Jee-bar, married,

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MOUNT FAIRFAX, THE WIZARD HILLS, AND
CHAMPION BAY.

(From the Nautical Magazine for July, 1841, page 443.)

The only part of the West coast (to the northward of Swan River) that has been visited by the Beagle is that part immediately to the eastward of the Abrolhos, and it is remarkable from being under the high table land of Moresby's flat-topped range, which is a considerable elevation, and in clear weather is visible from a ship's mast-head at the Abrolhos.

This range of hills extends N. N. W. six miles from Mount Fairfax, which, although a detached hill, may be considered its southern extreme. Mount Fairfax is a tabletopped hill, the summit of which is an elevated part at its

southern edge, and is 590 feet high. It is in latitude 28° 451, and longitude 1° 32′ west of Swan River, and 4 miles from the coast. To the s. E. of Moresby's flat-topped range are the Wizard Hills, the highest of which, Wizard Peak, is 640 feet. It is in lat. 28°. 49.′ 37′′ s. and long. 0.58 w. of Swan River. For 10 miles to the northward of Moresby's flat-topped range are some remarkable

detached ranges of table land, from 500 to 600 feet high, at the northern extreme of which are the Menai Hills. Some of them show as peaks, but appear only to be the gable ends, as it were, of table-topped ridges.

In lat. 28°. 47' s. there is a narrow neck of low land projecting about 1 mile from the coast line, to the northward of which there is good anchorage in Champion Bay.

Point Moore, which is the extreme of this low projection, bears w. 13° s. (mag.) from Mount Fairfax, and w. 17° N. (mag.) from Wizard Peak. The anchorage is protected from the westward by a reef that extends upwards of a mile to the northward from Point Moore: but half a mile to the northward of the reef is a detached shoal patch which breaks occasionally, between which and the reef there is a passage through which the Beagle passed, and had not less than six fathoms. But perhaps it would be advisable in standing into the bay to pass to the northward of this danger, which may be done by not bringing Mount Fairfax to bear to the southward of E. s. (mag.) until Point Moore bears south.

This bay is open to the northward, but as the winds from that quarter are not frequent, and then only in the winter season, it may be considered as affording shelter from the prevailing winds on the coast. The water is shoal in the head of the bay, but a good anchorage may be taken three-quarters of a mile off shore, in four fathoms sandy bottom, with Point Moore bearing s. 50° w. and a remarkable bare brown