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as we proceeded we g-athered nondas^ and lived 



upon them and the meat ) we stopped at a little 



creek and it came on raining*^ and Costig'an shot 



himself; in putting- his saddle under the tarpaulin, 



a strino- cauo-ht the trio-o-er and the ball went in 



under the rig-ht arm and came out at his back under 



the shoulder ; Ave went on this morning- all of us, 



and stopped at another creek in the evening-, and 



the next morning- we killed a horse named Browney, 



smoked him that nig-ht and went on next day, 



taking- as much of the horse as we could with us, 



and went on about a mile and then turned back 



ag-ain to where we killed the horse, because Costig-an 



was very bad and in much pain; we went back 



again because there was no water ; then Mr. 



Kennedy and I had dinner there, and went on in 



the afternoon leaving- Dunn, Costig-an, and Luif at 



the creek. This was at Pudding--pan Hill, near 



Shelburne Bay. Mr. Kennedy called it Pudding-- 



pan Hill. We left some horse meat with the three 



men at Pudding--pan Hill, and carried some with us 



on a pack horse. Mr. Kennedy wanted to make 



g-reat haste when he left this place, in order to g'et 



the doctor to g'o down to the men that were ill. 



This AA^as about three weeks after leaving- Weymouth 



Bay. One horse was left with the three men at 



Pudding--pan Hill, and we (Kennedy and myself) 



took with us three horses. The three men were to 



remain there until Mr. Kenned}^ and myself had 



gone to and returned from Cape York for them. 



