Author: Batman, John,
Title: Journal, manuscript
Date: 10 May-11 June 1835.
Accession Number: MS13181
Transcript Number: pp0016-045-0
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1835 June 1st Monday –


We left the Vessel this morning
at day break, and went round a
bay to look and examine some
plains and clear Hills at a Distance
which looked verry well, we crossed
the neck of Land and came to a
small River or Creek, which we
were obliged to follow up as we
could not cross, and I also expected
to find at the Head of it some
fresh water – we followed this
stream about 10 miles, we saw
great numbers of Ducks and Teal
the creek was about 50 to 60 yds
whide in some places less, we
Saw several places on going up
which the Natives had made
with stones across the creek

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