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different directioiij in the hope of finding- some spot 

 A^^here a road mio-ht he made, hut returned with no 

 hetter success. This day we killed the best sheep 

 we had yet slaug'htered ; it weig'hed 58 lbs., those 

 we had previously killed varying- from 40 to 48 lbs. ; 

 they did not keep fat^ but up to this time we Avere 

 enabled to fry all the meat^ which mode of cookery 

 was more speedy and convenient for us than boiling- 

 or any other way. 



June 11 til. — We proceeded this evening- along' 

 the edg'e of the swamps, crossing several small 

 creeks. In many places the wheels of the carts 

 sank to the axle-trees in consequence of the rotten- 

 ness of the o-round near the creeks. At leno-th we 

 camped, after travelling- about five miles. 



June ISth. — This day was Sunday, and at eleven 

 o'clock Mr. Kennedy assembled the whole party 

 under the shade of some larg-e trees and read prayers. 

 This was a practice always persevered in when 

 practicable, and unless for some very pressing- rea- 

 son, we uniformly set apart the Sabbath as a day 

 of rest, such an interval from our toils being- in fact 

 absolutely necessary. 



June Wth. — Ag'ain Mr. Kennedy started this 

 morning-, accompanied by five men, into the swamps, 

 determined, if possible, to find a road by which we 

 mig-ht cross them, and g-et to the foot of the 

 mountain rang-es on the south. He remained out 

 during' this and the two following- days. The natives 

 appear to be very numerous in the neig-hbourhood 



