I went up the creek first, where, as I hinted, I brought my rafts on shore. I found after I came about two miles up, that the tide did not flow any higher, and that it was no more than a little brook of running water, very fresh and good; but this being the dry season, there was hardly any water in some parts of it—at least not enough to run in any stream, so as it could be perceived.
Mintegy három km után megállapítottam, hogy a dagály ennél már nem húzódik följebb, és eddig a pontig tiszta és jó vizű, kis csermelyként csordogál. Mivel a száraz évszakban jártunk, helyenként alig volt benne víz.