438 THE BAY OF ISLANDS. 



The tract of land lying on the right side of the 

 river is called the Domah country. At 3 p. m. 

 we passed an island about three miles in length. 

 At 4 p. M. passed two islands lying to the right, 

 bearing south-west. Just before reaching the 

 point of the first, we saw two very large alliga- 

 tors, and from this circumstance we named it 

 Alligator Island : to a recess formed by the point 

 of the smaller island we attached the name of 

 the Bay of Islands. At 5. 40 p.m. came to an 

 anchor in a part of the river which was not more 

 than three hundred yards in width. For the two 

 last hours we had been running between two low 

 islands, having by mistake left the main branch 

 of the river. In some places the width is only 

 sixty yards, and the Tchadda there bore a greater 

 resemblance to a creek than to a river. 



The prospect around was now extremely wild 

 and dreary, although the country had been im- 

 proving. No canoes or natives were visible, and 

 the only living creatures we saw were a few birds 

 and some baboons. The latter chattered, grin- 

 ned, and leaped from bough to bough in evident 

 terror and surprise. A suspicion that we should 

 be very much troubled with mosquitoes rendered 

 the thoughts of a night's rest in this place any- 



