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and the eastmost as the Normanby, the Bizant River falls into 

 Princess Charlotte Bay. (SEE MAP E.) It appears to leak out of 

 the Normanby, via Ferguson Creek, in 14 40' S. lat. It follows 

 a general course of NNW. to the Bay and was carefully charted by 

 Mr. Embley in 1883 in the course of a survey of a tract of land 

 which had been selected in 1882 by a Brisbane syndicate for a 

 sugar plantation, but which was abandoned when it was shown by 

 Mr. Embley's surveys and other evidence to be liable to inundation. 



MARRETT RIVER 



This is the eastmost mouth of the Princess Charlotte Bay group 

 of rivers. (SEE MAP E.) It was named after Sub- Inspector Marrett, 

 of the Native Police, who was the first to report its existence. It 

 enters the Bay about 2 miles east of the " Normanby " mouth. 

 It does not appear to have been surveyed by any officer of the 

 Lands Department, but it has been sounded, and presumably 

 charted, by Marine Surveyors for about 8 miles up from the Bay, 

 bringing it up to 14 27' S. lat. (see Adm. Chart No. 2922, 1902). 

 Mr. Embley, who has seen it, understands that it drains the 

 sandstone tablelands at the base of the Cape Melville Peninsula, 

 and doubts if it has any connection with the Normanby River even 

 in times of flood. 



Saltwater Creek and the Annie River were not surveyed by 

 Mr. Embley, but may conveniently be referred to in this place, 

 for the sake of preserving geographical continuity. 



SALTWATER CREEK 



Heads in the Divide of the Peninsula about 6 miles west of 

 Musgrave Telegraph Station. (SEE MAPS E AND F.) Near 

 the station is a fine hot spring. The greater part of the course 

 of the creek, which is on the whole ENE., has been located by the 

 Telegraph survey. The river was crossed by KENNEDY in 1848 

 (his camp of 6th October) in lat. 14 40' S., and is described by 

 Carron, Kennedy's historian, as a salt-water creek among salt lagoons. 

 I crossed it at the same place in 1879, following on the track of 

 the " Coen " rush of the previous year. MULLIGAN crossed it 

 in 14 48' S. on his fifth expedition in 1875 (his Camp 79), describing 

 it as " quite a river." As his report makes no mention of salt 

 water, it may be taken for granted that his crossing was above 

 the reach of tidal water. 



ANNIE RIVER 



This river has an approximate east-by-south course from its 

 head (14 25' S., 143 27' E.) on the divide of the Peninsula to 

 its confluence with the " North Kennedy River," within a mile 

 of Princess Charlotte Bay, a distance of almost 36 miles in a straight 



