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The article consists of Meston's recollections of land and sea exploration associated with places visited during a sea voyage northwards along the east coast of Cape York. He retells the tragic story of Mrs Watson, her baby and Chinese workers, driven from Lizard island by Aboriginal attack in September 1883.