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recover the three men ; he was sure this was the 

 plnce^ seemg- the mountain wliich Mr. Kennedy 

 called Pudding"-pan Hill^ and other mountains there, 

 which were wanting- at the Pudding'-pan Hill of the 

 chart; he was perfectly confident as to this being* 

 the rig-ht place, and it ma}'^ be here stated that this 

 hill is the very fac-simile of the Pudding'-pan Hill 

 of the chart. In sailing' in the bay we found the 

 water g-etting* ver}'- shallow, from three to four, and 

 last!}'. Allien we anchored, two and a-half fathoms, 

 and this unfortunately, was a long- wa}' off from the 

 land, say three or four miles; after consultation 

 with the Captain and Jackey, our main g'uide, we 

 determined on g'oing- on shore at the place pointed 

 out by Jackey before daylig'ht on the folloAAing* 

 morning"; during*' this afternoon several fires, about 

 five, were in sig'ht a,long- the coast in the bay, and 

 not man}^ natives seen ; I saw five ; after a time it 

 had been determined who should be the part}^ to g"o 

 to recover the three men. The Captain, Jackey^ 

 Barrett, Thomas (the sailor), and myself, formed the 

 party. The evening- was employed in g-etting- our 

 g'uns in g'ood order for the morrow. The Captain 

 thoug'ht he observed on shore natives with wearing- 

 apparel on. 



Dec. 27th. — At three o'clock a.m., the Captain 

 called me, and such had been the preparation last 

 nig'ht that in a quarter of an hour we were in the 

 long-boat, steering* for the shore, and just as daj^lig'ht 

 was peeping- we were near the shore in shallow 



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