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difficulty in reaching the shore. On returning 
to the vessel, we sailed further up, and, at high 
water anchored near the end of the first reach, 
and made preparations for its further investiga- 
tion. The tide then began to ebb at the rate of 
three miles per hour, and continued with nearly 
that velocity during the whole tide. 
During the evening our preparations were 
completed ; and, at day-break the next morning, 
I sat off with Mr. Roe and Mr. Cunningham for 
my companions: when we left the cutter the 
flood was just making, so that we had the advan- 
tage of the whole of the tide, which lasted until 
noon, when we landed, and observed the lati- 
tude to be 12° 38' 47". Our situation was 
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within three miles of a hill bearing S.25|W., 
the bearing of which having previously been 
taken from the cutter’s present anchorage, enabled 
me to decide with tolerable accuracy upon the 
station we had reached. 
This river, as far as we had examined it, a 
distance of thirty-six miles, differed from the 
other only in being of larger size. At the place 
where the latitude was observed, it was about 
one hundred and fifty yards wide. From the 
anchorage the channel deepened from five to 
eight fathoms, and this depth continued tolerably 
even and regular for nine miles. It then began 
