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water^ and a fire sprung- up nearly in front of us a 

 little way in from the beach. The boat struck on 

 the gTound^ and we waded through the water for 

 about a hundred yards or more knee deep. Jackey 

 took the lead^ the Captain and I following*^ Barrett 

 and Tom behind, and mounted the low scrubby cliff 

 about two hundred yards from where we saw the 

 fire. On we trudged through dense scrub inland 

 for about an hour, when Jackey said we must go 

 further up that way, pointing more in the south 

 part of the bay ; that is where I want to g'o, said 

 he, and that we had better cross there in the boat 

 and recommence the trip. On reaching the coast 

 we hailed the boat, which was anchored off a 

 little, and waded out to it. Having seen a great 

 smoke last evening and apparently one this morn- 

 ing, some distance beyond where Jackey wished us 

 to land, he was asked if we should go first to this 

 native fire and camp, and see if they have anj^thing 

 there belonging to the three men, and Jackey said, 

 yes. We proceeded there, a distance of about four 

 miles, to the southernmost part of the bay, and 

 landed, but could discover only the remains of a 

 bush fire and no camp ; we now left this part and 

 proceeded to exactly where Jackey pointed out on 

 the beach, more in the central part of the bay, some 

 three miles across, and landed, telling the men in 

 the boat to anchor a little higher up to the north, 

 where Jackey said we should come out at by-and- 

 bye. We left word with the men in the boat that 



