430 DOTTINGS ON THE BOADSIDE. [Chap.XXV.—B.P. 
a pathway from the river side some short distance in¬ 
land. 
At a quarter to five we arrived at the apex of the 
delta, in which perhaps there is as intricate naviga¬ 
tion as in any delta in the world; however, my cox¬ 
swain knew every reach and turning, and kept on his 
course without the slightest deviation, although many 
tempting openings seemed to woo him to try a short 
cut. 
Just about sunset we saw Schooner Cay, which is 
at the month of the river, and caught a glimpse of 
the Halfway Cay and the water of the Lagoon. At 
six we were clear of the river, the mouth of which 
consists of a series of cays. Cassava Cay was then 
in full view, as also the Bluff. 
We made a short cut inside Yellowtail Cay, and at 
seven, after rasping over a few oyster-beds, ran the 
canoe alongside the Missionary Pier, our starting- 
point, having been absent forty-five hours, out of 
which the men had worked seventeen and a half, going 
up the river, paddling, according to my estimate, 71 
miles, and seventeen hours in returning, which, at four 
miles an hour, would give 68 miles, or a mean of 69| 
miles—say 70 miles—by the bends of the river, from 
Blewfields to Kisilala, hut not more than 45 as the 
crow flies, thus allowing 25 for the very considerable 
winding. 
The result of my journey may he summed up under 
the following heads :— 
1st. That the Blewfields Biver is navigable for 65 
miles, that is to say, to about five miles below Kisilala, 
