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A VOYAGE TO 
1778. At two o’clock next morning, being the ift of June, the 
June ' mailer returned, and reported that he found the inlet, or, 
Monday 1. rather, river, contracted to the breadth of one league, by 
low land on each fide, through which it took a Northerly 
direction. He proceeded three leagues through this nar¬ 
row part, which he found navigable for the largelt fhips, 
being from twenty to feventeen fathoms deep. The lealt 
water, at a proper diftance from the fhore and fhoals,was ten 
fathoms; and this was before he entered the narrow part. 
While the ebb or ftream run down, the water was per¬ 
fectly frelh ; but, after the flood made, it became brackilh; 
and, toward high water, very much fo, even as high up as 
he went. He landed upon an illand, which lies between 
this branch and the Eaftern one; and upon it faw fome cur¬ 
rant bullies, with the fruit already fet; and fome other 
fruit-trees and bullies, unknown to him. The foil appeared 
to be clay, mixed with fand. About three leagues beyond 
the extent of his fearch, or to the Northward of it, he ob- 
ferved there was another feparation in the Ealtern chain of 
mountains, through which he fuppofed the river took a 
North Eaft direction; but it feemed rather more probable 
that this was only another branch, and that the main chan¬ 
nel kept its Northern direction, between the two ridges or 
chains of mountains before mentioned. He found that thefe 
two ridges, as they extended to the North, inclined more 
and more to each other, but never appeared to clofe; nor 
was any elevated land feen between them, only low land, 
part woody, and part clear. 
All hopes of finding a palfage were now given up. But 
as the ebb was almolt fpent, and we could not return againlt 
the hood, I thought I might as well take the advantage of 
the latter, to get a nearer view of the Ealtern branch; and, 
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