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53 miles, but the inaccuracy of Leichhardt's charting was mainly 

 responsible for the miscalculation. 



Had the Brothers Jardine followed their EINASLEIGH RIVER a 

 few miles further they would have seen it JOINED BY THE ETHERIDGE. 

 Fifty miles west of the confluence, the conjoined stream meets 

 the river which Leichhardt named the GILBERT, and this name 

 is retained till the river waters discharge into the Gulf nearly a 

 hundred miles west. The Einasleigh has actually a longer course 

 than the Gilbert, but historical considerations have determined 

 that the Gilbert be regarded as the main stream and the Einasleigh 

 as a tributary. ACCIDENT INLET, one of the many MOUTHS OF THE 

 GILBERT (in 17 13' S. lat.) was the "furthest south" of the 

 " Pera " and " Aernem" and was consequently named the STATEN 

 REVIER by Carstenszoon in 1623. 



