134 KENNEDY'S EXPEDITION. 



deal of fresh water running" into the sea here^ and at 

 the same distance from the sea as the mouth of the 

 river^ it is in some places mixed with salt water, 

 whilst in others it is quite fresh. The banks of this 

 stream are low and sandy, and a short distance above 

 where we joined it, it is skirted on either side by a 

 thick mang-rove swamp, for the distance of about a 

 mile, where it joins the fresh water swnmps, covered 

 with thick scrub. On my proceeding- up the river, 

 it became narrower in its channel as it approached 

 the swamps, from which it appeared to be princi- 

 pally supplied. It had a tortuous course, and when 

 I left it, was turning- to the westward. 



A boat was sent to us by Captain Stanley of 

 H.M.S. Battlesnake to assist us in carryino- our 

 stores across, which we effected with some difficulty 

 b}^ ten o'clock, v.m., the horses and some of the 

 sheep swimming" across, while the remainder of the 

 latter were taken in the boat. We pitched Mr. 

 Kennedy's tent on sand, at the side of the river, 

 and it being- dark, and not knowing- where to 

 obtain fresh water on that side of the river, I and 

 five others recrossed it, and went back about 

 three-quarters of a mile to a small creek running- 

 parallel to the beach. We filled our keg-s, and re- 

 turned to the camp in time to have supper by twelve 

 o'clock, after which we rolled ourselves in our 

 blankets, and, wearied by the fiitig-ues we had under- 

 gone, slept soundty till dayhg-ht. 



This was a very harassing- day to us, as we were 

 all constantly in the water, loading- and unloading" 



