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about Mr. Keniied3\ Saw three native fires on 

 our vo3^ag'e here^ one on this south end of Albany 

 Ishmd^ one between it and here_, and one on shore 

 abreast of us. 



Dec. 26th. — At dayhg'ht in the morning" a dead 

 cahn, and the hottest day Ave have had^ the sun was 

 so g'laring' that the altitude could not be taken. At 

 about a quarter before ten a.m. a lig-ht breeze came 

 on and we left our anchorag'e, the breeze increased 

 a little^ before eleven j saw what appeared to be an 

 island at first ; on nearing", found it to be a canoe, 

 about fifteen feet long-, Avith seven or eig-ht natives 

 in it, shearing- about, sometimes in one direction, 

 sometimes in another. After a little we heard them 

 calling- out, ^^ paoud," ^^ whappee," ^^ chauca," some 

 of them standing* up. I named to the Captain that 

 I thought the}^ must be from Cape York, from then' 

 words, and that it would be at least desirable to 

 g'lean information from them, if possible, concerning- 

 Mr. Kennedy. The Captain said, "We will not 

 call out ^ paoud,'" (which means peace) but occa- 

 sionally the words " chauca," (tobacco) " biskeVj" 

 (biscuit) were called out from the ship. They from 

 this drew close to the vessel, very wary, however, 

 in doing- so. Jackey was placed in the fore-top, 

 and word came that Jackey knew all these fellows, 

 that they were the party who speared Mr. Kenned}^ 

 One black was allowed to come on board, and whilst 

 he was partly in the ship, word came to me by 

 Parker (a seaman), that Jackey wanted to speak to 



