'] ]8 SURVEY OI? TH? II?EItTROPICAL ?e o?ning, o?w? we ? ?hor?, was ?o? betw?n two low, s?y ?n?, ? ?end? ? to ?e S.E.; on ?e 1? ? ?8 b?k w? a long round-b? ?ll, whi?, w?n ?iewed ?om ?e no?ward, ? a fiat.?pp? .appeared. Having so?d? ?e space between ?e ?or- age ?d ?e shorn, it was fo?d ?at we were on '?e outer ?ge of a bar, within whi? the wa?r d?n? to five ?oms, ?d in ?e ent?n? ?ere was ? mu? as eleven ?d twelve fa?o?; we the?om weigh? ?e ?chor, ?d, ?e wi? blow- ing out, work? up towns ?e o?ning, w?, as ?e tide w? fio?ng, it ?d n? ?e lo? to e?. On p?sing ?e bar, we h? not less water ? eleven feet ?ow wa?r s?gs), a?r w?ch ?e dep? gradu?ly incre?. ? ?o? ?s ?n up ? ?e eveni? wi?n the entr?ce, and ?e next day, ? ? at?mpt to reach ?er up, in which we o?y su?e? ? ?e ?s? of a mile, ?e ex?afion w? ?mple? by our boat. It was fo?d ? ?n in, grad?y n?o?ng and decreasing in dep? for eight miles, ?d ? ternate in two salt-wa?r ?eks. ?e b?ks on both sides Were im?ne?ably ?ned ? man- ?oves, which eff?tually defi? our attempts ? 1? Se?er? creeks, ?u?c?tin? w? ?e
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