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Black Swans -- the latter were alive but died soon after. -- Continual Rain. --
6th
This morning fair but very cloudy, and as every one was anxious to trace the river as far as we could and a probability of the weather clearing up, Mr. Harris and Lewin went to order the boat to return that we might take the earliest opportunity of prosecuting our intended plan of discovering if possible the source of the river. -- In the evening the boat came back -- and Lieut. Grant join'd us with two Boats and brought us a supply of provisions which enabled us to proceed farther up the river with more comfort than we otherwise could have done. --
9th
Very showery -- reached about four or five miles above Mount Anne -- crossing several rapid runs which we had to drag our Boats over. In the night some very heavy showers which made our situation exceedingly uncomfortable. --
10th
Continued our course up the River winding between high hills -- to almost every point of the compass getting wider as we proceeded, but in places very shoal. About one o,clock P.M. came to a very high hill where we halted on purpose to reach the summit where we might have an opportunity of seeing what we had to expect in prosecuting our journey farther. -- This Hill we called Mount Elizabeth -- it is the termination of the Chain of Mountains call'd Kings Range of which