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had crossed the day Mr. Kennedy was killed. 

 Jackey went a short distance further to reconnoitre, 

 and presently returned, having- perfectly satisfied 

 himself as to our locality. 



After making- a hasty meal we proceeded, leaving- 

 four hands in charg-e of the boats ; we walked some 

 distance across a swamp, still following* the course 

 of the creek. In the swamp I saw a g-reat many 

 of the NeiJenthes dcstillatoria, or pitcher-plant ; 

 they were not exactly of the s-ame description I 

 have seen on the Pellew Islands, and other places ; 

 nearly all of them wanted the g-raceful turn in the 

 stem, for which those eleg-ant plants are so justly 

 celebrated. We traced the creek for nearly a mile, 

 looking- out for a crossing- place, when Jackey 

 pointed out on the other side the place where he 

 had secreted the saddle-bags. At leng-th we came 

 to a tree which had fallen and formed a kind of 

 bridg-e, over which we passed with difficulty, and 

 returned to the place where Jackey said the saddle- 

 bng-s were planted. Jackey then shewed us the 

 place where "^ horse tumble down creek" after being- 

 speared. Some horse-dung- was found on the top 

 of the bank close to this place, which confirmed 

 Jackey's statement ; he then took us a few yards 

 into the scrub to look for the saddle-bag's, and told 

 us to look about for a broken twig-, growing- over a 

 thick bush ; the place was found, but the saddle- 

 bao-s were o-one : on searchino- under the bush 

 among- the leaves, the horizon glass of a sextant was 



