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APPENDIX NO. II. 
a paper of the names of the party, together with a simple 
detail of our arrival and departure. 
It appeared that the good fortune, which had hitherto 
attended us was still to continue, for the wind which had 
been contrary, chopped round to the S. W., and ere sun- 
set we were again in the mouth of the river, having run 
from fifty to sixty miles under as much canvass as the boat 
would bear, and with a heavy swell during the greater part 
of the day. 
The lake which has thus terminated our journey, is 
from fifty to sixty miles in length, and from thirty to forty 
in width. With such an expanse of water, I am correct 
in stating its medium depth at four feet. There is a large 
bight in it to the S. E. and a beautiful and extensive bay 
to the N. W. At about seven miles from the mouth of the 
river, its waters are brackish, and at twenty-one miles they 
are quite salt, whilst seals frequent the lower parts. Con- 
sidering this lake to be of sufficient importance, and in an- 
ticipation that its shores will, during her reign, if not at an 
earlier period, be peopled by some portion of her subjects, 
I have called it, in well-meant loyalty, ‘ The Lake Alex- 
andrina.’ 
It is remarkable that the Murray has few tributaries 
below the Darling. It receives one, however, of consider- 
able importance from the S.E., to which I have given the 
name of the “ Lindesay,” as a mark of respect to my com- 
manding-officer, and in remembrance of the many acts of 
kindness I have received at his hands. 
Having dwelt particularly on the nature of the country 
through which the expedition has passed in the pages of 
my journal, it may be unnecessary for me to enter into any 
