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direction, I shall fix my depot on its right bank, whence I 
now write, and descend the stream in the portable boats. 
“ I have the honour to be, Sir, 
‘‘ Your most obedient servant, 
“ T. L. Mitchell, 
“ Surmyor-GeneraV’ 
“ The Hon. The Colonial Secretary"’ 
“ Peel’s River, 29th February, 1832. 
“ Sir, 
“ I have the honour to inform you, for the information of 
His Excellency the Governor, that 1 have reached the left 
bank of this River with my whole party on my return from 
the northern interior, having explored the course of the 
river referred to in my letter of 22d December last, and 
others within the 29th parallel of latitude. 
“ There was so much fallen timber in the Nammoy, and 
its waters were so low, that the portable boats could not be 
used on that river with advantage, and I proceeded by land 
in a north-west direction, until convinced by its course 
turning more to the westward that this river joined the river 
Darling. I therefore quitted its banks with the intention 
of exploring the country further northward, by moving 
round the western extremities of the mountains mentioned 
in my former letter, and which I have since distinguished 
