330 EXPLORATION OF A RIVER. 



3, P.M. when it became steady from N.E., drawing^ 

 round to south, after sunset, and veering to S.W. 

 ao'ain in the morning'. This alternation of land 

 and sea breezes continued during our stay, for three 

 or four successive days. 



In the evening we landed and ascended the N.E. 

 extremity of the Cape, from whence we saw at once 

 that hopes of discovering any opening were delusive, 

 the low shores of the Bay could be traced all round, 

 except in the N.W. corner, where a point shut out 

 our view. 



On sweeping the western shore with a spy glass, 

 I discovered the mouth of a river about a mile to 

 the north of a hillock marked in Captain King's 

 chart. This river was made the object of an ex- 

 ploring party, and next day Captain Wickham and 

 Lieut. Eden, went on that interesting service. It 

 has two entrances, both very shallow, and is of 

 little importance, being on a lee shore and fronted by 

 a bar, which seems to break at all times of the tide. 

 However, as there is such very safe anchorage near, 

 the discovery may hereafter prove of some value. 

 Captain Wickham found it fresh ten miles from 

 the entrance, but at that point it is nearly lost in 

 the sands, and so very shallow that the natives have 

 a fishing weir across it. The land, which appears 

 to be much cut up with creeks, is very flat on both 

 sides, and is subject to inundations. This was 

 evident from the signs of drift, to the height of six 



