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which we had been able to dry^ could have but very 

 little nourishment in it. Goddard and I went to 

 the beach and g"ot a bag of shell-lish^ but found it 

 very difficult to g"et back to the camp throug'h the 

 mang-roves^ we were in so weak a state. 



Dec. 7 th This day I took Mitchell with me to 



the beach, and procured another bag' of shell-fish. 

 During" the last few da3^s we shot a very small 

 wallaby and three or four Torres' Strait pigeons. 

 These affi^rded us some relief, as our horse-flesh 

 was so very bitter, that nothing* but unendurable 

 hung-er could have induced us to eat it. A number 

 of small brown beetles were generated from it, which 

 ate it, and we were also much annoj'ed by ffies. 

 We all suffered more or less fi'om bad eyes. 



Dec. 9th. — The natives visited us this morning, 

 and brought with them a few pieces of turtle's 

 entrails and a few nondas. I gave them an old 

 shirt and a knife, the latter of which was highly 

 prized by them. They call turtle " mallii," and the 

 sun " youmboll." Goddard had a fit of ague to-day, 

 followed by fever. 



Dec. 10th, — We all of us had fits of ague this 

 morning, and none of us could get up till the after- 

 noon, when, being Sunday, I read prayers. 



Dec. 11th. — The natives came this morning, and 

 brought us a little vegetable paste, and some pieces 

 of turtle's entrails, with some shark's liver. The latter 

 was fresh, but one could not eat it, as it all melted 



