112 INUNDATED AND ALLUVIAL COUNTRY. 
The new river, whether the Darling or an additional dis- 
covery, meets its more southern rival on a N. by E. course ; 
the latter, running W. S.W. at the confluence, the angle 
formed by the two rivers, is, therefore, so small that both 
may be considered to preserve their proper course, and nei- 
ther can be said to be tributary to the other. At their 
junction, the Murray spreads its waters over the broad and 
sandy shore, upon which our boat grounded, while its more 
impetuous neighbour flows through the deep but narrow 
channel it has worked out for itself, under the right bank. 
The strength of their currents must have been nearly equal, 
since there was as distinct a line between their respective 
waters, to a considerable distance below the junction, as if 
a thin board alone separated them. The one half the 
channel contained the turbid waters of the northern stream, 
the other still preserved their original transparency. 
The banks of the Murray did not undergo any immediate 
change as we proceeded. We noticed that the country 
had, at some time, been subject to extensive inunda- 
tion, and was, beyond doubt, of alluvial formation. We 
passed the mouths of several large creeks that came from 
the north and N.W., and the country in those directions 
seemed to be much intersected by water-courses ; while to 
the south it was extremely low. Having descended seve- 
ral minor rapids, I greatly regretted that we had no 
barometer to ascertain the actual dip of the interior. I 
computed, however, that we were not more than from eighty 
to ninety feet above the level of the sea. We found the 
