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front being' nearly alike he did not g-et a g'ood 

 mark. Into the midst of the scrub we went^ divided 

 ourselves and searched in every direction^ but could 

 not find the place 5 Jackey had not made the spot 

 too conspicuous^ fearing* the blacks mig'ht find it^ he 

 had only bent down two twig's across each other; 

 the scrub was not very extensive but exceeding'ly 

 thick. 



Jackey led the wa}^ to a creek^ and pointed out 

 the place where he had crossed. Jackey said^ " I 

 thrcAV him down one fellow compass somewhere 

 here." It was immediately found^ it was one of 

 Kater's prismatic compasses^ the name " Chislett^ 

 London/' eng-raved on the back. Jackey then went 

 to a place where he " plant him sextant/' but the 

 flood had been over the spot and washed it away. 

 When retmrnino" I found the trouo-h for an artificial 

 horizon washed upon the banks of the creek , this 

 had been left with the sextant. Jackey crossed the 

 creek, and found a small wooden bottle of quick- 

 silver in the same place where he had left it. 



We returned to the scrub where Mr. Kennedy 

 was buried : when we came to it I placed the party 

 (eleven in number) five yards asunder, and traversed 

 it this way in all directions, but without success. I 

 then took Jackey to the plain where the poor 

 g'entleman died, and told him to g-o towards the 

 scrub in the same manner he did when he was 

 carrying- the corpse, and not to look back, which he 

 did, telling- me the manner in which he carried itj 



