The injury she received was too serious not to require immediate repair; and we, therefore, patched her up with a tin plate.

This accident occasioned some delay, and the morning was consumed without our having made any considerable progress.

At length, however, we got into a more open channel.
The river suddenly increased in breadth to thirty-five or forty-five yards, with a depth of from twelve to twenty feet of water.

Its banks shelved perpendicularly down, and were almost on a level with the surface of the stream; and the flood mark was not more than two feet high on the reeds by which they were lined.

We had hitherto passed under the shade of the flooded gum, which still continued on the immediate banks of the river; but, the farther we advanced, the more did we find these trees in a state of decay, until at length they ceased, or were only rarely met with.
TERMINATION OF THE RIVER.
About 2 p.m.I brought up under a solitary tree, in consequence of heavy rain: this was upon the left bank.