UlFFEllENT NA.MKS UF KIVKUS. 



the station has received its name. Tlie Tiimat 

 m;\\ probably rist; t'roiii a mass ot" iiiouiitains to 

 thti southward, divided from " Muuaru" or 



Mmm^* FlaiB8» hy a lofty ridge erf mom- 

 Mns. 1S^lk^ liLeiMgiii lof thUi, m the Mut- 

 rumhidgee river, however, is ascertained. 



It was stated to mc in tliis [lart oF the colony, 

 tliat the natives call all large rivers Mnrrum- 

 bidgee,* mi I certainly he?prd it s^Kedl by 



streams ; but I found they usnally name the 

 river after the country tliroiifib which it ilows, 

 so tliat on demanding the name ot tlie river at 

 different places, many names are bestowed upon 

 it : a person nnawsm a£ to dficinastaace is 

 surprised «t the nutitte of names tlie 9ame 



* The follow'ijig extract, tVom the introduction to " Tuckey's 

 Ctil^jrtuiiate Exitedititftt t6 ^xpfote ^ ISLiwp lO&s^^ h 



c'uriaiis as L'oincitUiii;', as regards ^iW&Xet pi^tioio of the 

 ^iobe, with Uie abave leinarL 



«»:HiS Atasd It" (iilluding to Diego Cam) « the Cdng^j^ «i 

 tSlli* tbe liame of the country throuirli vvliirli It jloived f 

 btti h&'^fl^rwMis Ibitnd tliat the imtives culled it the2|«rf> 

 tXi^ AgmefrwItiCih, dfrtce tMt titti^v we&%B&i0:* 

 jldimftely by Europeans. It now appears that Zaire is the 

 l^ensral appeUative fur my greftt rivur, hke the Nik in North 

 AMcAi and the Ganges lii Hfndoostaii ; attd that the luttive 

 Uame or the nuli\i(lnal i Ivcr in question is Moienzi enzat^di, 

 or the river whicli absorbs all other dver&" — IntrodrndoSt 

 page xi. 



