Joseph Bradshaw journal on expedition from Wyndham to Prince Regent River district, Western Australia, 31 January - 6 June 1891 - Page 61
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chasm which we call The Gorge. The perpendicular cliffs on each side are 400 feet high, fringed at the top by masses of dark green foliage. at the bot-tom of the Gorge the river eddies ceaselessly on, be-tween its dark deep waters and the base of the cliffs a thin fringe of small trees and shrubs manage to exist. the mangrove also appears. We noticed the tide marks on the banks of the river.
On looking round among the rocks I noticed that we close to a Black's camp, whose oc-cupants had probably retreated to the caves at our approach a large bundle of spears and other articles lay about.