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the river^ with camprng- hill ahead of us, we came 

 to an anchor^ between two and three o'clock P. M. 5 

 could not see any flag*-stafF on the hill pointed out 

 by Jackey, and which hill is very conspicuous and 

 bald, nor could we see any symptom of livings 

 being-s along- the coast in the bay. It was too great 

 a distance to land to-nig'ht, and the Captain said if 

 it came on to blow the boat could not be g'ot back 

 ag-ain. Employed the other part of the day in 

 looking- throug-h the g-lass and with the naked eye 

 to see the flag'-stafF and flag-, or any other sig-n 

 (Jackey having- informed us the}^ would have a flag" 

 on the top of the hill,) but none was to be seen, not 

 a native, and I ^ave reason to believe every one of 

 the eig'ht have been sacrificed ; it looks suspicious 

 not seeing" a native, for Jackey says they used to 

 bring- fish to the camp, and there were plenty of 

 them. The Captain is to take the ship in as near as 

 possible to the hill, and it is determined to g'o on 

 shore with the same party who assisted us at 

 Shelburne Bay, and g-o up to the camp to-morrow 

 well armed. All this evening- — a solemn, silent, 

 inexpressible g-loom ; no rockets, no gun, no fire ; 

 to-morrow will tell a tale. 



Dec. SOth. — At daylig-ht this morning- the ship 

 was g'ot under weig-h, and sailed nearer in towards 

 the hill which Jackey had pointed out as being- the 

 hill where " camp sit down," and anchored in about 

 two fathoms of water about half a mile off the land. 

 Five canoes were now seen creeping- off towards us 



