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hold tog-ether into thin shces^ but a great deal of it 

 was quite rotten. The blood pudding-s^ tripe, feet, 

 and bones, lasted us till this day. I saved the hide 

 of this horse for ourselves, the other I had fed our 

 dog's on : Mr. Kennedy having" requested me to 

 keep them alive if possible, so that we had to spare 

 a little from our scanty meals for them. 



Dec. 1st, — The wind was blowing* strong- from 

 the south-east this morning-. On g-oing- up the hill 

 in the afternoon I saw a schooner fi'om the north- 

 ward beating- to the southward. I supposed her to 

 be the Bramble, as it was about the time Mr. 

 Kennedy had g-iven me expectation of being- reheved 

 by water, and I afterwards found I was rig-ht in 

 this supposition. 



I naturally concluded she had come for us ; and 

 full of hope and joy I immediately hoisted a flag- on 

 a staff we had previously erected on a part of the 

 hill where it could be seen from any part of the bay. 

 We placed a ball above the flag- to put the crew on 

 their g-uard ag-ainst the natives. We then collected 

 a quantity of wood, and at dusk lighted a fire, and 

 kept it burning- till about half-past seven or eight 

 o'clock. I then fired off three rockets one after the 

 other, at intervals of about t^venty minutes. I also 

 took a large pistol up the hill, and stood for some 

 time firing it as quickly as I could load it, thinking 

 they might perhaps see the flash of that, if they had 

 not seen the rockets. 



Dec. 2nd. — Early this morning I was up, strain- 



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