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next morning I went on 2 miles, and sat down there, and I wanted to spell a little 

 there, and go on ; but when I tried to get up, I could not, but fell down again very 

 tired and cramped, and I spelled here two days [camp] ; then I went on again 

 I mile, and got nothing to eat but one nonda [camp] ; and I went on that day l and 

 camped [camp], and on again next morning, about half a mile, and sat down where there 

 was good water, and remained all day [camp]. On the following morning, I went 

 a good way, went round a great swamp and mangroves, and got a good way by 

 sundown [camp] ; the next morning I went and saw a very large track of black fellows ; 

 I went clear of the track and of swamp or sandy ground ; then I came to a VERY LARGE 

 RIVER 2 ; and a large lagoon ; plenty of ALLIGATORS in the lagoon, about 10 miles from 

 Port Albany. I now got into the ridges by sundown, and went up a tree and saw 

 ALBANY ISLAND [camp] ; then next morning at four o'clock 3 I went on as hard as I 

 could go all the way down, over fine clear ground, fine ironbark timber, and plenty 

 of good grass ; I went on round the point (this was towards Cape York north of Albany 

 Island) and went on and FOLLOWED A CREEK DOWN, and went on top of the hill, and 

 SAW CAPE YORK ; and I knew it was Cape York, because the sand did not go on further ; 

 I sat down then a good while ; I said to myself, " This is PORT ALBANY, I believe inside 

 somewhere " ; Mr. Kennedy also told me that the ship was inside, close up to the main- 

 land ; I went on a little way, and SAW THE SHIP and boat ; I met close up here two 

 black gins and a good many piccaninnies ; one said to me " Powad, powad 4 " ; then 

 I asked her for eggs ; she gave me turtle's eggs, and I gave her a burning-glass ; she 

 pointed to the ship which I had seen before ; I was very frightened of seeing the 

 black men all along here, and when I was on the rock cooeying, and murry murry glad 

 when the boat came for me [8 a.m., 2$rd December, 1848]. 



* Next day. 



2 The head of Kennedy Inlet, now called Jackey-Jackey Creek. Here Jackey- 

 Jackey secreted the papers and books entrusted to him by Kennedy on ist December. 

 They were recovered in a very damaged condition, by the Chief Officer of the " Freak," 

 whom Jackey-Jackey led to the spot on nth May, 1849. 



3 This must have been 23rd December, although by the most liberal reckoning of 

 the Camps mentioned by Jackey-Jackey it would only be the I5th. Eight days are 

 thus unaccounted for. Hungry, thirsty and utterly exhausted as the narrator of the 

 tale was, as is evident from his creeping on at the rate of a mile or half a mile in a day, 

 his periods of sleep and insensibility were, no doubt, longer than he knew, and as he 

 scarcely knew, at times, what he was doing, his memory was not to be relied on at 

 least since his and Kennedy's arrival at the Escape River. 



* Peace. 



