STATEMENT OF JACKET JACKET. 235 



" Jackey^ give me paper and I will write f I g-ave 

 him paper and pencil, and he tried to write, 

 and he then fell back and died, and I caught 

 him as he fell back and held* him, and I then 

 turned round myself and cried : I was cr^dng- a 

 g-ood while until I g'ot well ) that was about an 

 hour, and then I buried him ) I dig'g'ed up the 

 gTound with a tomahawk, and covered him over 

 with log's, then g-rass, and my shirt and trowsers ; 

 that nig'ht I left him near dark ; I \^'ould g'o throug'h 

 the scrub, and the blacks threw spears at me, a g'ood 

 many, and I went back ag'ain into the scrub ; then 

 I went down the creek which runs into Escape 

 River, and I walked along- the water in the creek 

 very easy, with my head only above water, to avoid 

 the blacks, and g'et out of their way j in this way I 

 ^^ent half a mile ] then I g"ot out of the creek, and 

 g'ot clear of them, and walked on all nig-ht nearly, 

 and slept in the bush without a fire ; I went on next 

 morning', and felt very bad, and I spelled for two 

 days ; I lived upon nothing- but salt water ; next 

 day I went on and camped one mile away from 

 where I left, and ate one of the pandanus fruits ; next 

 morning- I Avent on two miles, and sat down there, 

 and I wanted to spell a little there, and g-o on j but 

 when I tried to g-et up, I could not, but fell down 

 ag-ain very tired and cramped, and I spelled here 

 two days ; then I went on ag-ain one mile, and g-ot 

 nothing- to eat but one nonda ; and I went on that 

 da}^ and camped, and on ag'ain next morning-, about 

 half a mile, and sat down where there was g-ood 



