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" old fellow's " story, he was probably confounding the Kennedy 

 with the Jardine expeditions. Supposing him to have been ten 

 years old in 1848, he would be fifty-eight when Meston interviewed 

 him, and at fifty-eight an Australian aborigine is in his dotage. The 

 accuracy of such a person's recollection of dates, figures or names 

 would be open to grave doubt. 



