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To the Block in examining native houses, so it is
inprobable that more than six hours of actual
travel are involved. The position of this Black
River is not in the least in doubt, and the
only large river entering the Palmer on the
right bank is the Tully (or Wai Mie). Our
domptures from the Block to the Tully is:
Black R - to our camp by boat (low river) 15 minuts;
our camp to overmap Bivouac (low river) 2 1/2 hours;
from Bivouac to Tully (flooded river) 1/2 hour.
Total a little over 3 hrs. And in view of these
facts there exists no possibility of doubt that
the names Donaldson and Tully refer to the
same river.
Having gone over certain parts of the tracks followed
by Karies and Champin, I have been able
to recognize several features among their topographical
photographs to which attention was not
drawn in the captions, and knowing the approximate
position from which a given picture was made I
have been able to insert those photographs with
the map. Thus: -