238 Kennedy's expedition. 



immediately determined upon to leave Port Albany 

 with all possible speedy to save the sm'viving- parties 

 at Pudding--pnn Hill and Weymouth Bay, — three 

 men at the former place, and the rest at the latter. 

 It being' necessary to take the sheep with us, they 

 were all but three shipped in the evening-, and 

 prompt orders given for the vessel to be g-ot ready 

 for a start in the morning" the first thing-. In the 

 meantime I went on shore with the Captain to g'et 

 the bullock in to kill, Barrett, as well, on horseback, 

 but we found it was impossible to g-et him in— he 

 was so wild : he was therefore shot at the far and 

 south end of the island, with the intention of 

 bring-ing" as much as possible of the carcass away. 

 It g-etting- late in the evening", however, none Avas 

 taken away, nor is there time now to do so, and to 

 do also an act of duty and humanity to the yet 

 livino" human being's. 



Dec. 24:th. — Before ten a.m., a dead calm • at 

 turn of tide or rather before, weig-hed anchor, but 

 the tide took us towards Cape York a mile j the 

 tide now turned, and a gentle breeze took us throug"h 

 the strait. The breeze continued, and at sundown 

 we anchored five miles south of Point Shadwell, 

 Mount Adolphus bearing- N.N.W., seven leag-ues ; 

 emplo3'ed during" the day conversing' with Jackey, 

 taking' down in pencil what he had to say, chang-ing- 

 the subject now and then b}^ speaking' of his com- 

 rades at Jerr3's Plains. I did so as he told me 

 what kept him awake all last nig'ht was thinking- 



