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ahead of us which he said was hke PuddiTig*-pan 

 Hill, near which the three men were left. This 

 hill was Pudding'-pan Hill^ according' to the chart. 

 As we neared Pudding'-pan Hill, Jackey said, this 

 is not the place, that he had been mistaken, and, on 

 continually looking- at it, he became the more 

 confirmed and positive, and said it was no use 

 whatever to land there, but that we must g'o further 

 on ; we passed the hill ; in the meantime the 

 Captain and I consulted as to what should be done, 

 knowing" this was the only Pudding-pan Hill on 

 the chart ; but Jackey, who had been placed in the 

 fore-top, became more and more positive, saj ing- at 

 leng-th, "Do you think I am stupid ? — Mr. Kennedy 

 sent me from the camp to look out the coast, so that 

 I mig'ht know it ag'ain when I came back in the 

 ship, and I will tell you when Ave come to it, the 

 ship must g*o on that way further," pointing' to the 

 south. Proceeding' on, towards evening', off Han- 

 nibal Bay we saw numerous native fires, and in one 

 spot I observed about forty natives. Before sun- 

 down a canoe was making- off to us, but after 

 sun-set we g'radually lost sig'ht of it, and some time 

 after this we anchored. 



Dec. 2Qth. — At twenty minutes to six a.m., g*ot 

 under weig-h with a lig-ht breeze, in the centre of 

 Hannibal Bay, Risk Point ahead. In about ten 

 minutes we struck on a coral reef, and soon g-ot off 

 ag-ain ; we anchored this day in Shelburne Ba}^ 

 opposite where Jackey wished us to proceed to 



