as the commander^ and in 1817 sailed in the Mermaid, of I rfiighty-four tons hurden. His inBtriictions were to coDtiniie
- ^the work of Flinders (whose book and maps had been pub- i
lished in 1814) from Arnht^m Bay on the west of the GulfB of Carpentaria, by the north-west Cape, and on the west ™ coast. After takmg in wood and water at King George's Sound, he commenced his actual survey at the North-West Cape, Exnionth Bay, Nichol Bay, Port Es.siogton, Van Diemen's Gulf, were sur%"eyed, and the Alligator river was ascended in a boat for nearly forty miles. King saw many Malay proas. He was kind and cautious in dealing with the natives, l)ut could not always prevent the use of fire- arms by his men. In 181B he surveyed Macfpiarie Harbour in Yan Diemen's Land, and Port Mac^juarie (on the east coast of New South Wales), which Oxiey had discovered. In 181S) he sailed through Torres Straits ; and, though re- duced to one anchor, continued his coast survey. At ^ longitude 125 41 he bore up for Timor, having hi his tw^o ■ voyages added more than a thousand miles to the coast-line surveyed by his countrymen. In 18*20, Maequarie being still Governor, King sailed again in the Mcrmttitl; but after reaching his ])revious pointy was compelled hy the leakiness of the Mennaid to return. Mactjoarie fitted out the Bathvrst for him, and again King sought the north-west coast,^^ resorting to the Mauritius for provisions, and return- mg by King George's Hound and Swan liiver to continue his survey. His labours were conehuled in 1822, when Maequarie no longer reigned in Sydney. ■ The legal functionary whom Governor King had so often " and so earnestly asked for, was, by force of events, extorted from the government after the deposition of Bligli. Mae- quarie took with him a new Advocate-General, Mr. EUiti Bent {who was hi 1811 made Judge and Commissary of the Vice-Admhulty Court of the territory). It soon appeared necessary to erect a Coiu-t which no Governor could hope to '* In passing Clark's IsUmlt off Princess Clmdotto liay, on the etiat coASt (latitude 14 Sj, Allari Cuuiiinghain «uvv ptiiutin^s by the niitivea on l^Hjky wLirt's, imd within a large t^ave, which iuiprossed liim anil Kin^ as works of art rloservnig particular obaervation. rhey rs<3i'm«d of a higher ] order thaw those seen by Fliiidei^ in the Uulf of Car|n.'otAria, They j represented anima,ls, liah, ureeping things aiid vegetable subslaiioeSi Thvy were ejceciited with sievera oo..t* , ^^^
