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Page 83
... Creeks which seemed to run towards the River , which we saw from the Hill before mentioned , the Ground run Rockey & Scrubby ; & we saw falls of Water in the Heads of the Creeks , one about forty feet high , and two more about 20 feet ...
... Creeks which seemed to run towards the River , which we saw from the Hill before mentioned , the Ground run Rockey & Scrubby ; & we saw falls of Water in the Heads of the Creeks , one about forty feet high , and two more about 20 feet ...
Page 125
... Creek ( for it is no more than a Creek ) was accessible only at a certain Time of the Tide ; that , to make the Channel at all practicable for loaded Boats , it would be necessary to remove 130 or 140 yards of Mud , which , from its ...
... Creek ( for it is no more than a Creek ) was accessible only at a certain Time of the Tide ; that , to make the Channel at all practicable for loaded Boats , it would be necessary to remove 130 or 140 yards of Mud , which , from its ...
Page 126
... Creek . I certainly should have waited Sir , until this measure had received the Sanction of your approbation , but I saw that no Time was to be lost . The Winter was approaching , and I felt an anxiety about getting my People hutted ...
... Creek . I certainly should have waited Sir , until this measure had received the Sanction of your approbation , but I saw that no Time was to be lost . The Winter was approaching , and I felt an anxiety about getting my People hutted ...
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