About noon
The colonists knew this beautiful wooded coast , since they had already explored it on foot , and yet it again excited their admiration . They coasted along as close in as possible , so as to notice everything , avoiding always the trunks of trees which floated here and there . Several times also they anchored , and Gideon Spilett took photographs of the superb scenery . About noon the `` Bonadventure '' arrived at the mouth of Falls River . Beyond , on the left bank , a few scattered trees appeared , and three miles further even these dwindled into solitary groups among the western spurs of the mountain , whose arid ridge sloped down to the shore . What a contrast between the northern and southern part of the coast ! In proportion as one was woody and fertile so was the other rugged and barren !