6 PASS DOWN THE RIVER. 



Towards noon it appeared that the king had 

 changed his mind, for we saw horses by the water- 

 side waiting for us. But we were determined 

 on going down the river : the steam was nearly 

 up, and we were soon after under weigh. Roose 

 and Jones, two of our men, were taken ilL At 

 IS. 40, we passed between two islands, which 

 were named " The Sisters :" we likewise passed a 

 small mount, to which we gave the name of Mount 

 Pleasant. At 5. 25 p. m. we came to an anchor 

 abreast of Acaitah and the Fundah branch. The 

 current was about two miles per hour, and our 

 course was north-west by west. 



About noon, on the 19th of August, we got 

 under weigh and continued down the river. In 

 many places the river is very shallow : yester- 

 day we were surprised to find that it had fallen 

 nearly ten inches,* and much earlier than Mr. 

 Lander expected. This convinced us that we 

 had no time to lose in returning, as ,we were 

 running the risk of lying aground for a few 

 months. 



We passed several town s in the course of the 

 day; and near Yummahah, which we also passed, 

 are some rocks forming a kind of ladder of vol- 

 * This fall was not permanent. 



