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impossible for me to dwell at the present moment, mark 
them as distinct rivers, which have been formed by Nature 
for the same purposes, in remote and opposite parts of the 
island. Not having as yet given a name to the latter, I now 
availed myself of the opportunity of complying with the 
known wishes of His Excellency the Governor, and, at the 
same time, in accordance with my own feelings as a soldier- 
I distinguished it by that of the “ Murray. 
It had been my object to ascertain the decline of the vast 
plain through which the Murray flows, that I might judge 
of the probable fall of the waters of the interior ; but y 
the most attentive observation I could not satisfy rnyse 
upon the point. The course of the Darling now confirmed 
my previous impression that it was to the south, which di- 
rection it was evident the Murray also, in the subsequent 
stages of our journey down it, struggled to preserve ; from 
which it was thrown by a range of minor elevations into a 
more westerly one. We were carried as far as 139° 40' of 
longitude, without descending below 34° in point of lati- 
tude : in consequence of which I expected that the river 
would ultimately discharge itself, either into St. Vincent’s 
Gulf or that of Spencer, more especially as lofty ranges were 
visible in the direction of them from the summit of the hills 
behind our camp, on the 2nd of February, which I laid 
down as the coast line bounding them. 
A few days prior to the 2nd of February, we passed under 
some cliffs of partial volcanic origin, and had immediately 
afterwards entered a limestone country of the most singular 
formation. The river, although we had passed occasional 
rapids of the most dangerous kind, had maintained a sandy 
character from our first acquaintance with it to the lime- 
