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another creek l \2jth November], and on the following morning we continued going 

 on, and camped in the evening close to a scrub z \_2%th November] ; it rained in the 

 night. Next day we went on in the SCRUB, but COULD NOT GET THROUGH. I cut and 

 cleared away, and it was near sundown before we got through the scrub there we 

 camped [29^ November]. [SEE MAP A.] It was heavy RAIN next morning, and 

 we went on in the rain ; then I changed horses and rode a black colt, to spell the other, 

 and rode him all day, and in the afternoon we got on clear ground, and the HORSE FELL 

 down, me and all ; the horse lay upon my right hip. Here Mr. Kennedy got off his 

 horse and moved my horse from my thigh ; we stopped there that night [^oth 

 November], and could not get the horse up ; we looked to him in the morning and he 

 was DEAD ; 3 we left him there. We had some horse meat left to eat, and went on 

 that day and crossed a LITTLE RIVER and camped 4 [ist December]. The next day we 

 went a good way ; Mr. Kennedy told me to go up a tree to see a sandy hill some- 

 where ; I went up a tree, and saw a sandy hill a little way down from Port Albany. 

 That day we camped near a swamp 5 [2nd December] ; it was a very rainy day. The next 

 morning we went on, and Mr. Kennedy told me we should get round to Port Albany in 

 a day ; we travelled on all day till twelve o'clock (noon), and then we saw Port Albany ; 

 then he said : " There is PORT ALBANY, Jackey a ship is there you see that island 

 there," pointing to ALBANY ISLAND ; this was when we were at the mouth of ESCAPE 

 RIVER. 6 We stopped there a little while ; ALL THE MEAT WAS GONE ; I tried to get some 

 fish, but could not ; we went on in the afternoon half a mile ALONG THE RIVER-SIDE,' 

 and met a good lot of BLACKS, and we camped [^rd December] ; the blacks all cried out 

 " Powad powad," and rubbed their bellies ; and we thought they were friendly, 

 and Mr. Kennedy gave them fish-hooks all round ; everyone asked me if I had anything 

 to give away, and I said " No," and Mr. Kennedy said, " Give them your knife, 

 Jackey " ; this fellow on board was the man I gave the knife to ; I am sure of it ; I 

 know him well ; the black that was shot in the canoe was the most active in urging 

 all the others on to spear Mr. Kennedy ; I GAVE THE MAN ON BOARD MY KNIFE 8 ; 

 we went on this day, 9 and I looked behind, and they were getting up their spears, and 

 ran all round the camp which we had left ; I told Mr. Kennedy that very likely those 

 black fellows would follow us, and he said, " No, Jackey, those blacks are very 

 friendly " ; I said to him, " I know these black fellows well, they too much speak " ; 

 we went on some 2 or 3 miles and camped [^th December] ; I and Mr. Kennedy 

 watched them that night, taking it in turns every hour all night ; by-and-by I saw the 

 black fellows ; it was a MOONLIGHT NIGHT ; and I walked up to Mr. Kennedy and 

 said to him, " There is plenty of black fellows now " ; this was in the middle of the 

 night ; Mr. Kennedy told me to get my gun ready ; the blacks did not know where 

 we slept, as we did not make a fire ; we both sat up all night ; after this, daylight 

 came \$th December], and I fetched the horses and saddled them ; then we went on 

 a good way up the river, and then we sat down a little while, and we saw three 

 BLACK FELLOWS coming along our track, and they saw us, and one fellow ran back as 

 hard as he could run, and fetched up plenty more, like a flock of sheep almost ; I told 

 Mr. Kennedy to put the saddles on the TWO HORSES and go on, and the blacks came 

 up, and they FOLLOWED us ALL THE DAY ; all along it was raining, and I now told him 

 to leave the horses and come on without them, that the horses made too much track. 



Possibly on the Jardine River, west of False Orford Ness. 



Say west of Orford Ness, having passed the real Pudding-Pan Hill. 



This leaves only two horses. 



Probably Henderson Creek, from the right bank to the left. 



A mangrove swamp near the mouth of Henderson Creek. 



The Escape River was named by Captain King, R.N., on 24th July, 1819. See 

 Narrative of a Survey of the Tropical and Western Coasts of Australia, 1818-1822. 

 Murray, 1827. 



7 Kennedy came to the mouth of the Escape River and ran up the right bank 

 because he could not cross, precisely as I did on i8th and igth March, 1880. 



8 The question of the identity of this man was discussed later on, during the voyage 

 of the " Ariel." 



9 Jackey-Jackey evidently meant " next day," 4th December. 



