Cook's Descriptions of Places, New Holland, page 79

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New Holland (continued)

be called a Hilly, but hardly any where can be call'd a Mountainous Country, for the Hills and Mountains put together take up but a small part of the Surface in comparison to what the Planes and Vallies do _^^{which intersect or divide these Hills and Mountains:} indeed these last , especially near the Sea, are I beleive very much interjected with Salt Creeks, Lakes &C^a It is indefferently well watered, even in the dry Seasons, with small Brooks and springs, but no great Rivers, unless it be in the wet Season when the low lands and Vallies near the Sea I do suppose are mostly laid under water; the small brooks may then become large Rivers but this can only happen with the Tropick. It was only in Thirsty Sound where we could find no fresh Water, excepting one small pool or two which Gore saw in the woods, which no doubt was owing to the Country being there very much intersected with Salt creeks and Mangrove land —
The low land by the Sea _^^{and even as far in land as we were,}is for the most part friable, loose, sandy Soil; yet indefferently fertile and cloathed with woods, long grass, shrubs, Plants &C^a. The Mountains or Hills are Checquered with woods and

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