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aside, " now I tell you exactly what to do, j^ou see 

 those black fellows over there/' (and in pointing- to 

 them I saw a great number, some eig'ht hundred 

 yards away, peeping- from behind trees,) ^'^you leave 

 him tent, everything-, altog'ether there, and g-et the 

 two white fellows doAvn to the boat quick." Jackey 

 was exceeding-ly energ-etic, and g-rave as well. Get 

 away as quick as possible, was resounded by all, 

 but what was to be done — t\yo men almost dead to 

 walk two or three miles. We looked over the tent, 

 asked Carron for what important thing-s there were, 

 and each laid hold of what appeared to be of most 

 value, the Captain taking- two sextants, other parties 

 fire-arms, &c., &c. " Come along-/^ ag-ain and 

 ag-ain Jackey called out, and the Captain too, whilst 

 they were half way down towards the creek, and 

 Barrett and I loaded ourselves. I took a case of 

 seeds, some papers of Carron's, a double g-un and 

 pistol, AA'hich, tog-ether with my own double g'un and 

 brace of pistols, thermometer, and my pockets full 

 of powder and shot, was as much as I could manag-e. 

 Seeing- Carron could not g-et along-, I told him to 

 put his hands on my shoulders, and in this way he 

 managed to walk down, as far as nearly throug-h the 

 mang-rove swamp, towards the water's edg-e, when 

 he could not in that way possibly g-et any fui'ther, 

 and Barrett, wit-h his disabled arm, carried him 

 down to the edg-e of the water. Goddard, the other 

 survivor, was just able to walk down, spoke, and 

 looked exceeding-ly feeble. They were brought on 



