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and where he shifted it fi*om one shoulder to another. 

 In this manner he entered the send), and I have no 

 doubt he took us very near the exact place where 

 the bod}^ was buried 5 we sounded the ground all 

 round with our ramrods, but without success. After 

 taking- another g'ood look we reluctantly g-ave up the 

 search, as the nig'ht was rapidly approaching", and 

 returned to the boats. 



My opinion is, that the remains of the unfortunate 

 g-entleman have not been exhumed j if they had, we 

 should have seen some indication of them j the natives 

 would not have taken the trouble to fill the g'rave, 

 or take away the bones. The soil where he was 

 buried was of a light sandy nature, and the small 

 mound Jackey rose over the grave had been washed 

 down by the heavy rains. The only clue that g-ave 

 rise to the supposition that the natives had found 

 the body, was the fact that part of Mr. Kennedy's 

 trowsers was found in the canoe taken by the 

 schooner Ariel. Jackey said there were other 

 trowsers in the saddle-bag-, exactly like those he had 

 on at the time of his death. The saddle-bag's, there 

 is not the slightest doubt, have been found by the 

 natives. Poor Jackey was ver}" quiet, but felt, 

 and felt deeply, during- the day. When pointing- 

 out the spot where Mr. Kennedy died, I saw tears 

 in his eyes, and no one could be more indefatigable 

 in searching for the remains. His feelings against 

 the natives were bitter, and had an}' of them made 

 their appearance at the time, I could hardly have 

 prevented him from shooting them. 



