Captain Wickham, in command of the Beagle, was carrying on a minute survey of the intertropical shores of the continent, which led to the discovery of two considerable rivers, the Victoria and the Albert, the one situated in lat.

14 degrees 26 minutes S.and long.

129 {139 in published text} degrees 22 minutes E., the other in lat.

17 degrees 35 minutes and long.

139 degrees 54 minutes; but in tracing these up to lat.