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too wenk. I placed myself at the camp, and looked 

 about for the likeliest place to which a corpse would 

 be taken under the circumstances. I went down 

 into a small g^uhy, about sixty yards from the 

 camp ; under some small bushes, in about two feet 

 of water, I found their bones, two skulls and some 

 of the larger bones, the smaller ones having* most 

 probably been washed away by the flood ; the bones 

 were all carefully collected and taken on board. 

 From the position in which these bones were found, 

 ag'reeing" with the description given me by Mr. 

 Carron, I feel confident they are the remains of 

 Wall and Niblet. 



I was rather surprised to find some cabbag'e-palm 

 trees g-r owing* in the vicinity of the camp ; the tops 

 are very nutritious, and would be very desirable for 

 men in a starving* state, had they been aware of it. 

 I picked up part of a key belonging* to a chro- 

 nometer. After having* a g*ood look round, we 

 returned to the boats, all tired, from our drenching* 

 and wading* throug*h so much mud and water, and 

 we unfortunately had no provisions of any kind, 

 and had eaten nothing* all day. When we pulled 

 to the entrance of the river it was low water, and 

 there was a bank dr}^ outside of us for upwards of 

 half a mile ; we had no alternative but to wait until 

 the tide flowed. At half-past three p.m., g-ot on 

 board, hoisted the boat in, and prepared to start in 

 the morning. 



May Atli. — At daylight, weighed, with a light 



