Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/178

 '] ]8 SURVEY OI TH IIEItTROPICAL e oning, ow we  hor, was o betwn two low, sy n,  end  to e S.E.; on e 1  8 bk w a long round-b ll, whi, wn iewed om e noward,  a fiat.pp .appeared. Having sod e space between e or- age d e shorn, it was fod at we were on 'e outer ge of a bar, within whi the war dn to five oms, d in e entn ere was  mu as eleven d twelve fao; we theom weigh e chor, d, e wi blow- ing out, work up towns e oning, w, as e tide w fiong, it d n e lo to e. On psing e bar, we h not less water  eleven feet ow war sgs), ar wch e dep graduly incre.  o s n up  e eveni win the entrce, and e next day,   atmpt to reach er up, in which we oy sue  e s of a mile, e exafion w mple by our boat. It was fod  n in, grady nong and decreasing in dep for eight miles, d  ternate in two salt-war eks. e bks on both sides Were imneably ned  man- oves, which efftually defi our attempts  1 Seer creeks, uctin w e

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