He was no less surprised at the account I gave of the termination of the river, than I was at its so speedily re-forming, and it was determined to lose no time in the further examination of so singular a region.
FALSE CHANNEL; PERPLEXITIES.
On the morning of the 28th therefore we broke up the camp, and proceeded to the northward, under Mr.Hume's guidance, moving over ground wholly subject to flood, and extensively covered with reeds; the great body of the marsh lying upon our left.

After passing the angle of a wood, upon our right, from which Mount Foster was distant about fourteen miles, we got upon a small plain, on which there was a new species of tortuous box.

This plain was clear of reeds, and the soil upon it was very rich.

Crossing in a westerly direction we arrived at the channel found by Mr.Hume, who must naturally have concluded that it was a continuation of the river.

The boat was immediately prepared, and I went up it in order to ascertain the nature of its formation.