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" Jackey^ give me paper and I will write ;" I g-ave 

 him paper and pencil^ and he tried to write, 

 and he then fell back and died, and I caug-ht 

 him as he fell back and held him, and I then 

 turned round myself and cried : I was crying- a 

 g'ood while until I g'ot well j that was about an 

 hour, and then I buried him ; I dig'g'ed up the 

 g-round with a tomahawk, and covered him over 

 with log's, then gTass, and my shirt and trowsers ; 

 that nig'ht I left him near dark • I would g-o throug-h 

 the scrub, and the blacks threw spears at me, a g'ood 

 many, and I went back ag'ain into the scrub ; then 

 I went down the creek which runs into Escape 

 River, and I walked along* the water in the creek 

 very easy, with my head only above water, to avoid 

 the blacks, and g'et out of their way ; in this way I 

 went half a mile ; then I g'ot out of the creek, and 

 g'ot clear of them, and walked on all nig'ht nearly, 

 and slept in the bush without a fire 3 I went on next 

 morning-, and felt very bad, and I spelled for two 

 days ; I lived upon nothing- but salt water ; next 

 day I went on and camped one mile away from 

 where I left, and ate one of the pandanus fruits j next 

 mornhig- 1 Avent on two miles, and sat doAvn there, 

 and I wanted to spell a little there, and g-o on ; but 

 when I tried to g-et up, I could not, but fell down 

 ag'ain very tired and cramped, and I spelled here 

 two days ; then I went on ag-ain one mile, and g-ot 

 nothing- to eat but one nonda ; and I went on that 

 day and camped, and on ag'ain next morning-, about 

 half a mile, and sat down where there was g'ood 



