C 47 : Sir Thomas Mitchell journal of an exploring expedition to the interior of New South Wales through the Liverpool Plain, 29 November 1831-16 February 1832 - Page 146
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not appear greater than it was at the depot, and below the falls the river by its banks were not in point of magnitude &c. at all different from what they were there. The meanderings of a [indecipherable] terminated in this river al little below the fall, but I could not perceive that the course of the main river was affected by the junction. -
The course of this river appears to be nearly South from a [indecipherable] miles below our depot. I could no longer entertain hopes that it [indecipherable] the Darling - indeed they appeared to be the same river, its general course being in prolongation [indecipherable] of that river as laid down by Capt. Sturt. Throughout part of its course which I had explored, there was a succession of falls over rocks which [indecipherable] in a South Westerly direction, showing that ___________ the country to the North [indecipherable] which had been represented for river travellers - as [indecipherable] of level course [indecipherable] to the North West was not so [indecipherable] as not to afford a [indecipherable] of the river [indecipherable] from where I had made it