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water, and a fire sprung- up nearly in front of us a 

 little way in from the beach. The boat struck on 

 the g-round, and we waded through the water for 

 about a hundred yards or more knee deep. Jackey 

 took the lead, the Captain and I following", Barrett 

 and Tom behind, and mounted the low scrubby cliff 

 about two hundred yards from where we saw the 

 fire. On we trudg-ed throug*h dense scrub inland 

 for about an hour, when Jackey said we must g'o 

 further up that way, pointing- more in the south 

 part of the bay ; that is where I want to g-o, said 

 he, and that we had better cross there in the boat 

 and recommence the trip. On reaching- the coast 

 we hailed the boat, which was anchored off a 

 little, and waded out to it. Having- seen a g-reat 

 smoke last evening- and apparently one this morn- 

 ing-, some distance beyond where Jackey wished us 

 to land, he was asked if we should g-o first to this 

 native fire and camp, and see if they have anything* 

 there belong'ing- to the three men, and Jackey said, 

 yes. We proceeded there, a distance of about four 

 miles, to the southernmost part of the ba}^, and 

 landed, but could discover only the remains of a 

 bush fire and no camp j we now left this part and 

 proceeded to exactly where Jackey pointed out on 

 the beach, more in the central part of the ba}^, some 

 three miles across, and landed, telling- the men in 

 the boat to anchor a little hig-her up to the north, 

 where Jackey said we should come out at by-and- 

 bye. We left word with the men in the boat that 



