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The Kenrboom River, like the Knysna, runs up into the 
midst of tall forests, and miu;ht be navigated by boats to a 
considerable distance, but its mouth, in Plettenberg's Bay, 
is completely sanded up by the almost perpetual rolling 
swell of the sea, from the south-eastvvard upon the sandy 
beach. 
The Camtoos River is a collection of waters from the same 
parts of the country as, but more easterly than, the Gauritz 
River. It falls into a wide bay of the same name, in which 
the only secure anchorage is opposite the mouth of a small 
stream called the Kromme or Crooked River. Though Cam- 
toos River, just within the mouth, is a wide bason deep 
enough to float a ship of the line, yet the bar of sand across 
the mouth is fordable upon the beach at high water, and fre- 
quently dry at low water. 
The Zwart Kops River is a clear permanent stream of wa- 
ter flowing down one of the most beautiful and fertile valleys 
in the colony ; and is among the very few of those that, by 
damming, may be turned upon the contiguous grounds. 
Lieutenant Rice, whom I have had occasion to mention, 
succeeded by a great deal of perseverance in getting a boat 
over the bar, and sailed about eight miles up this valley, 
to which distance only the tide flows. The whole country 
in the vicinity of the river, and the bay of the same name, in- 
to which it falls, is among the most fertile parts of the colony. 
The Sunday River, likewise, falls into Algoa or Zwart Kops 
Bay, opposite to the islands of Saint Croix. It rises in the 
