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STATEMENT OF JACKET JACKET, 



MADE BY HIM ON BOAED THE ARIEL, AND WRIT- 

 TEN DOWN BY DR. VALLACK. 



I STARTED with Mr. Kennedy from Weymouth 

 Bay for Cape York, on the 13th November, 1848, 

 accompanied by Costig-an, Dunn, and Luff, leaving* 

 eig-ht men at the camp, at Weymouth Bay. We 

 went on till we came to a river which empties itself 

 into Weymouth Bay. A little further north we 

 crossed the river; next morning- a lot of natives, 

 camped on the other side of the river. Mr. 

 Kennedy and the rest of us went on a very hig-h 

 hill and came to a flat on the other side and camped 

 there ; I went on a g-ood way next day ; a horse 

 fell down a creek ; the flour we took with us lasted 

 three daj^; we had much trouble in getting* the 

 horse out of the creek ; we went on, and came out, 

 and camped on the ridg-es ; we had no water. Next 

 morning" went on and Luff was taken ill with a verj^ 

 bad knee ; w^e left him behind, and Dunn went back 

 ag-ain and broug-ht him on -, Luff was riding* a horse 

 named Fiddler; then we went on and camped at 

 a little creek ; the flour being* out this da}^ we 

 commenced eating* horse-flesh, which Carron g*ave 

 us when we left Weymouth Bay ; as we went on 

 we came on a small river^ and saw no blacks there ; 



