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stone division. It now forced itself through a glen of that 
rock of half a mile in width, frequently striking precipices 
of more than two hundred feet perpendicular elevation, in 
which coral and fossil remains were plentifully imbedded. 
On the 3d February it made away to the eastward of south, 
in reaches of from two to four miles in length. It gradually 
lost its sandy bed, and became deep, still, and turbid ; the 
glen expanded into a valley, and the alluvial flats, which 
had hitherto been of inconsiderable size, became propor- 
tionally extensive. The Murray increased in breadth to 
more than four hundred yards, with a depth of twenty feet 
of water close into the shore, and in fact formed itself into 
a safe and navigable stream for any vessels of the minor 
class. On the 6th the cliffs partially ceased, and on the 
7th they gave place to undulating and picturesque hills, 
beneath which thousands of acres of the richest flats ex- 
tended, covered, however, with reeds, and apparently sub- 
ject to overflow at any unusual rise of the river. 
It is remarkable that the view from the hills was always 
confined. — We were apparently running parallel to a conti- 
nuation of the ranges we had seen on the 2nd, but they 
were seldom visible. The country generally seemed darkly 
wooded, and had occasional swells upon it, but it was one 
of no promise ; the timber, chiefly box and pine, being of a 
poor growth, and its vegetation languid. On the 8th the 
hills upon the left wore a bleak appearance, and the few 
trees upon them were cut down as if by the prevailing 
winds. At noon we could not observe any land at the ex- 
tremity of a reach we had just entered ; some gentle hills 
still continued to form the left bank of the river, but the 
right was hid from us by high reeds. I consequently land- 
