Wednesday 31 August 1836

31 August-Went to examine a fresh water river, about three miles to the southward and eastward; being low water, we could not approach for a long time sufficiently near to find the mouth of it, and a whole day was nearly lost. I at last, as the tide served, was enabled to enter it in my gig and proceed a short way, but it was too late for any observation, and we returned to the brig.