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recover the tliree men ; he was sure this was the 

 place^ seeing- the mountain which Mr. Kenned}^ 

 called Pudding'-pan Hill, and other mountains there, 

 which were wanting* at the Pudding'-pan Hill of the 

 chart; he was perfectly confident as to this being* 

 the rig-ht place, and it may be here stated that this 

 hill is the very fac-simile of the Puddino--pan Hill 

 of the chart. In sailing* in the bay we found the 

 water g'etting* very shallow, fi'om tliree to four, and 

 lastty, when we anchored, two and a-half fathoms, 

 and this unfortunate^, was a long* way off from the 

 land, say three or four miles; after consultation 

 with the Captain and Jackey, our main g-uide, we 

 determined on g'oing" on shore at the place pointed 

 out by Jackey before daylig'lit on the following- 

 mornino;- ; during* this afternoon several fires, about 

 five, were in sig*ht along' the co-ast in the bay, and 

 not man}^ natives seen \ I saw five \ after a time it 

 had been determined who should be th« party to g-o 

 to recover the three men. The Captain, Jackey^ 

 Barrett, Thomas (the sailor), and myself, formed the 

 party. The evening* was employed in g*etting- our 

 g*uns in g'ood order for the morrow. The Captain 

 thouo-ht he observed on shore natives with wearino- 

 apparel on. 



Dec. 21th. — At three o'clock a.m., the Captain 

 called me, and such had been the preparation last 

 nig-ht that in a quarter of an hour we were in the 

 long-boat, steering- for the shore, and just as daylight 

 was peeping" we Avere near the shore in shallow 



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