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Tllli NEW RIVER IDENTIFIED 
We shall find that the two points under discussion, bear 
almost N. E. and S. W. of each other respectively, the direct 
line in which the Darling had been ascertained to flow, as 
far as it had been found practicable to trace it. I have 
already remarked that the fracture of my barometer pre- 
vented my ascertaining the height of the bed of the Dar- 
ling above the sea, during the first expedition. A similar 
accident caused me equal disappointment on the second ; 
because one of the most important points upon which I was 
engaged was to ascertain the dip of the interior. I believe I 
stated, in its proper place, that I did not think the Darling 
could possibly be 200 feet above the sea, and as far as my 
observations bear me out, I should estimate the bed of the 
Murray, at its junction with the new river, to be within 
100. It would appear that there is a distance of 300 miles 
between the Murray River at this place, and the Darling; 
a space amply sufficient for the intervention of a hilly coun- 
try. No one could have been more attentive to the features 
of the interior than 1 was ; nor could any one have dwelt 
upon their peculiarities with more earnest attention. It 
were hazardous to build up any new theory, however ingeni- 
ous it may appear. The conclusions into which I have 
been led, are founded on actual observation of the country 
through which I passed, and extend not beyond my actual 
range of vision; unless my assuming that the decline of the 
interior to the south has been satisfactoi ily established, be 
considered premature. If not, the features of the country cer- 
tainly justify my deductions; and it will be found that they 
