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eleven pounds, two pounds of tea, and ten pounds 

 of sug-ar. We had breakfast as quickly as possible, 

 and Mr. Kenned}^ sent four men on horseback to 

 scour the country around in search of him. They 

 returned from an unsuccessful search, but had 

 received intellig'ence from the blacks that he was 

 not far off. 



June \4:th. — Apart}'^ went out earlj^ this morning" 

 in search of Carpenter, and caught sig'ht of him 

 about two miles from the river, sharing- his damper 

 with the blacks. As soon, however, as he saw the 

 party approaching*, he decamped into the bush, and 

 was ag-ain lost sight of. On coming- up to the spot 

 where he was seen, the bag-s in which he had 

 carried away the tea and sugar were found* the 

 sug-ar was nearly consumed, but the tea appeared 

 untouched. In the evening* Carpenter returned, 

 and on beg'g-ing* Mr. Kennedy's pardon, he was 

 forg-iven. Throug-hout the expedition he was of 

 very little service, being*, in fact, little better than 

 an idiot. 



This evening* we saw a larg-e allig-ator, about 

 twenty feet long-, rising- to the surface of the water, 

 close to our camp. He appeared to be attentively 

 watching- our sheep, which were feeding- by the side 

 of the river on the Doliclios and Ipomceas which 

 were growing- on the sand. The natives here had a 

 g-reat many dog-s, which, towards evening-, rushed 

 on our sheep and drove them among- the bushes in 

 all directions. We had g*reat difficulty in g-etthig* 

 them tog-ether before dark. 



