230 Kennedy's expedition. 



Mr. Kennedy told Luff and Dunn when lie left them 

 if Costig-an died the)^ were to come along" the beach 

 till they saw the ship, and then to fire a g'un ; he 

 told them he would not be long- away, so it was not 

 likely they would move from there for some time. 

 They stopped to take care of the man that was shot, 

 we (me and Mr. Kennedy) killed a horse for them 

 before we came away ; having* left these three men, 

 we camped that nig^ht where there was no water ; 

 next morning' Mr. Kennedy and me went on with 

 the four horses, two pack horses, and two saddle 

 horses ; one horse g'ot bog*g"ed in a swamp. We 

 tried to g'et him out all day, but could not, we left 

 him there, and camped at another creek. The next 

 day Mr. Kennedy and I went on ag'ain, and passed 

 up a ridg'e very scrubby, and had to turn back 

 ag-ain, and went along* g'ulleys to get clear of the 

 creek and scrub. Now it rained, and we camped . 

 there were plenty of blacks here, but we did not see 

 them, but plenty of fresh tracks, and camps, and 

 smoke. Next morning- we went on and camped at 

 another creek, and on the following- morning- we 

 continued g'oing- on, and camped in the evening- 

 close to a scrub ; it rained in the nig-ht. Next day 

 we went on in the scrub, but could not g'et through. 

 I cut and cleared away, and it was near sundown 

 before we got throug-h the scrub — there we camped. 

 It was heavy rain next morning-, and we went on in 

 the rain, then I changed horses and rode a black 

 colt, to spell the other, and rode him all day, and in 



