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water^ and remained all day. On the following- 

 morning-^ I went a g'ood way, went round a great 

 swamp and mangToves, and g'ot a g"ood way by 

 sundown ; the next morning- 1 w ent and saw a very 

 larg-e track of blackfellows ; I w^ent clear of the 

 track and of swamp or sandy gTound ; then I came 

 to a very larg-e river^ and a larg-e lag'oon ; plenty of 

 allig-ators in the lag-oon^ about ten miles from Port 

 Albany. I now g'ot into the ridg*es by sundown, 

 and went up a tree and saw Albany Island ', then 

 next morning" at four o'clock, I went on as hard as 

 I could g-o all the wa}^ down, over fine clear g-round, 

 fine u'on bark timber, and plenty of g'ood g-rass ; I 

 went on round the point (this was towards Cape 

 York, north of Albany Island) and went on and 

 followed a creek down, and went on top of the hill, 

 and saw Cape York ; I knew it was Cape York, 

 because the sand did not g-o on further ; I sat down 

 then a g'ood while ; I said to m3^self this is Port 

 Albany, I believe inside somewhere ; Mr. Kennedy 

 also told me that the ship was inside, close up to 

 the main land ; I went on a little way, and saw the 

 ship and boat ; I met close up here two black g-ins 

 and a g'ood many piccanninies ; one said to me 

 ^' powad, powad j" then I asked her for eg*g*s, she 

 g"ave me turtle's eg-g-s, and I g-ave her a burning- 

 g'lassj she pointed to the ship which I had seen 

 before j I was very frig-htened of seeing- the black 

 men all along- here, and w^hen I was on the rock 

 cooeying", and murry murry giad when the boat 

 came for me. 



