In addition to the brief account which ah'eady 

 forms part of the Narrative of the Voyag-e of 

 H.M.S. Rattlesnake^ I have thoug-ht it would add 

 to the interest of this work and the g-ratification of 

 its readers^ were I to g'ive under a distinct head a 

 detailed history of the exploring- expedition con- 

 ducted by the late Mr. Edmund B. Kennedy, de- 

 rived from a pamphlet printed in Sydney, and 

 scarcely procurable in this countr3\ It includes 

 the interesting- narrative of Mr. W. Carron, the 

 botanist attached to the expedition in question ; 

 also the statements of the aborig-inal black who 

 witnessed the death of his g-allant master — of Dr. 

 Vallack who took an active part in rescuing- the 

 survivors — and of Mr. T. B. Simpson who proceeded 

 in search of the remainder of the party, whose fate 

 was still in a measure uncertain, and succeeded in 

 recovering- some of Mr. Kennedy's papers. 



