200 KENNEDY .S EXPEDITION. 



At daylig"ht desiiatched the whaleboat, in charge 

 of the second officer^ with four seamen^ Jackey^ and 

 his two companions, Avith particular orders to keep 

 close to the beach, and to land occasionally, to 

 examine all the native camping* places and canoes ; 

 to make strict search for anything* that mig-ht tend 

 to point out the fate of the unfortunate men. At 

 6-30 A.M. weig'hed, with a light breeze from the 

 southward, and steered to pass between the Bird 

 and Macarthur Islands ; at noon abreast of the 

 latter ; p.m., after passing* Hannibal Isles, hauled 

 in for the shore, for the purpose of picking* up the 

 whaleboat. At 5*30 p.m., having* shoaled our water 

 rather suddenly to 3J fathoms, hard bottom, an- 

 chored about a mile off shore. Saw a canoe and a 

 few natives on the beach. Bearing*s at anchor — 

 Bisk Point, S. ^ E. 5 the centre of the Hannibal 

 Isles, S.E. by E. half E. At eig-ht p.m. the boat 

 returned. The second officer made the followino* 

 Beport : — 



" I kept close along* the beach all day, landed 

 three times ; first, near the creek where the Ariel's 

 boat landed, saw no indication there of Europeans. 

 I landed ag'ain some distance further on, where I 

 saw a native camp and a canoe. In the latter I 

 found a leathern pistol holster, marked 34, which 

 Jackey recog'nised as belonging to the party. 

 Three natives were seen by Jackey, who, on 

 peFceiving- the boat, ran into the bush. At the 

 third place I landed I saw no indication of men. I 



