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friends, for so long- as we could see him he was hard 

 at work paddling in our wake. I noticed that the 

 beads given him yesterday were gone ; this fact, 

 coupled with *' the smokes" seen during the day, 

 satisfied me that he had friends in the neighbour- 

 hood, to whom I hoped he would report favourably 

 of his new acquaintances ; we had certainly endea- 

 voured to obtain his goodwill. Simple hearted, 

 trusting savage, farewell ! 



The following wood-cut represents the difference 

 between the spear used by the natives of this district 

 and those of Swan River. 



King's Sound. 



Swan River. 



We soon reached Whirlpool Channel, through 

 which the tide again hurried and whirled us with 

 almost frightful rapidity ; we were in one part of it 

 shot down a fall of several feet, the boat's bow being 

 fairly buried in the boiling current. Emerging from 

 this channel the hoary face of the remarkable head- 

 land already described, burst on our view ; and as it 

 was necessary if possible to reach its summit, we 

 landed in a small bay, near the southern extremity. 



By following a winding ravine we gained the 

 crest of this singular platform, which we found 

 formed of a fine-grained sandstone, with some 



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