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Toropaaru Creek from which is the communication with 

 the Puroony Creek in the Massaroony, Smith and GUL- 

 LIPER'S route in 1820. At 10 N. by W., at 11 N. by E., 

 at 12 Acha rapid, at one course N. by W., at 3.20 W. by 

 N., at 3 ^ Maya creek N. shore, j 4 course N , 4 ^ course 

 W. by N., ; 5 o'clock halted for the night at lower 

 Arapeera. 



loth day. Started at 8| — course W. — river spotted 

 with rocks — 250 yards broad, very shallow — here and 

 there islands, and full of small rapids. At 11.10 Tocro 

 Island, where a white man, most likely a smuggler, is 

 reported to have resided some years since. Halted at 

 Waseema Island at 4. 



nth day. Started from Waseema at jh — course 

 W. by N. Caught in the night 2 large Parwareema 

 and a very large Pyara. At 10 Soomeyrey fall and 

 rapids, again unloaded. Heavy rapids from hence to 

 Wohmaypongh or the *' canoe wrecker" which is the 

 highest fall in the river, 30 feet. Here we unloaded and 

 transported the corial with great difficulty over a portage 

 300 yards across. I reckon the head of this fall 500 feet 

 above the level and 176 miles (W.) distant from our 

 departure. I must here premise that most of the large 

 falls in this river are preceded and followed by a strino- 

 of rapids which are all included by the Indians in the 

 appellation of the great fall, to which they are attached. 

 They are of greater altitude often than the fall itself, as 

 in the present instance, where though I allow only 30 

 feet for the great fall its rapids make at least 50 feet 

 more ; in all 80 feet. 



The channel of the river from Soomeyrey lies through 

 black granite with detached upright masses with roun4 



