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brought them to a river flowing east, which was named the STEWART 

 after one of the members of the party. CAMP 30. The position 

 of the camp was fixed by a sun-observation at 14 2' 34" (about 

 7 miles too far north). (SEE MAP C.) 



The STEWART RIVER was followed down to the east, in two 

 stages, on yd and ^th September. CAMP 31, loi miles from Camp 

 30, was on " a reedy lagoon running into the river." CAMP 32 

 was on the right bank about a mile and a half from the point 

 where the river falls into PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY, and was HANN'S 

 NORTHMOST CAMP. Its latitude was determined to be 13 59' 49" S. 

 (about 4 miles too far south). 



By this time Harm had become convinced that his observations 

 for latitude were seriously in error and suspected a derangement 

 of his sextant. The truth was that, in such low latitudes as he 

 had now reached, observations of the sun, under the conditions 

 imposed by land travel, could not be expected to give reliable 

 results, especially as a bucket of water was used for a horizon. 



Hann visited the beach and also rode north of the camp for 

 6 miles, while the straying of two horses caused delay. 



During its brief existence as an alluvial goldfield, parties bound 

 for the diggings at the " Coen " were content to start from 

 Cooktown, but at a later date, when gold began to be worked in 

 the parent reefs, PORT STEWART, at the mouth of the Stewart River, 

 was opened and connected with the Coen township by a dray 

 road 40 miles in length. The township of MOOJEEBA is situated 

 at the port. 



