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ahead of us which he said was like Piidding'-pan 

 Hillj near which the three men were left. This 

 hill was Pudding--pan Hill^ according* to the chart. 

 As we neared Pudding--pan Hill^ Jackey said, this 

 is not the place, that he had been mistaken, and, on 

 continually looking" at it, he became the more 

 confirmed and positive, and said it was no use 

 whatever to land there, but that we must g'o further 

 on ; we passed the hill ; in the meantime the 

 Captain and I consulted as to what should be done, 

 knowing- this was the only Pudding--pan Hill on 

 the chart ; but Jackey, who had been placed in the 

 fore-top, became more and more positive, saying* at 

 leng'th, '"'' Do j^ou think I am stupid? — Mr. Kennedy 

 sent me from the camp to look out the coast, so that 

 I mig'ht know it again when I came back in the 

 ship, and I will tell you when we come to it, the 

 ship must g*o on that way fiirther," pointing* to the 

 south. Proceeding* on, towards evening*, off Han- 

 nibal Bay we saw numerous native fires, and in one 

 spot I observed about forty natives. Before sun- 

 down a canoe was making* off to us, but after 

 sun-set we g*radually lost sig'ht of it, and some time 

 after this we anchored. 



Dec. 2Qth. — At twenty minutes to six a.m., g*ot 

 under weig'h with a lig'ht breeze, in the centre of 

 Hannibal Bay, Risk Point ahead. In about ten 

 minutes we struck on a coral reef, and soon g*ot off 

 ag*ain; we anchored this day in Shelburne Bay^ 

 opposite where Jackey wished us to proceed to 



