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ing. The party ascended the river, only to t.mi that ahout a ri:iy > 

 journey above the place attaint d liy >;r l'lniip kin;; a -{ >U>n<lni water- 

 fall puts an end to navigation. This waterfall extends from hank to 

 bank and the entire volume of water has a perpendicular fall ot thirty 

 feet. They traveled for five days along the river bank above the 

 waterfall to mountains through which the river flows, and along the 

 rockv walls that hem in the narrow river they found many cavern, on 

 whose walls the natives had made paintings in red. black, while. brow ... 

 yellow, and light blue. There were figures of men with profiles well 

 drawn, and kangaroos, wallabies, crocodiles and other animals were 

 graphically portrayed. 



The noteworthy discovery was made that for a distance , t ..m 

 miles the Prince Regent River flows between two entirely different 

 rock formations. The right shore is composed of b«altic reeks ami 

 The territory < 



and grassed, while on the west there is found mostly only prickly 

 spinifex and black oat grass with boulders strewn over the country. 



Mr. Bradshaw was well satisfied with the rt suit ot hi* journey Hi, 

 purpose was to ascertain if this region was adapted for. 

 He has satisfied himself fully that ranches can be established to good 

 advantage at manv places between the northern coast and 1 r.nce 

 Regent River. South of the river vegetation changes its character 

 and doubtless merges at no great distance into the aim*, 

 expanses of the great thirst region of inner Australia. Hi 



very short of provisions before 

 arrived on May- 

 did turkeys, kangaroos, iguanas 



back to Cambri 



they arrived on May 14. They, however, eked out their 



- J ... - . _ :„.,„„„c «t,H fish, and at Cam- 



