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who had illtreated her . . she 

 replied, " No ; " and I then enquired whether she had ever 

 seen them before, she replied, "Yes, they were in the hut 

 when the other man brought her in with her hands tied." 

 I then enquired of the overseer, and found that a third man 

 was at the hut, but had not been brought down. I then ex- 

 plained to the two men the wickedness of their conduct, and 

 how justly they would be punished if the natives had in- 

 flicted an injury upon them ; and gave orders 



the woman 

 identified him as the aggressor, that he would be removed 

 from the settlement by the first ship, and be publicly taken 

 away as a prisoner. I directed Buckley to explain to the 

 whole tribe the course which I had directed to be pursued, 

 and I could perceive by the expression of their countenances 

 that they were highly satisfied. I then endeavoured to make 

 the poor woman understand how much I commisserated with 

 her situation, and I tied round her neck a red silk handker- 

 chief, which delighted her exceedingly. 



All of the party 

 and we all went in the captain's boat to the mouth of the 

 river, and reached the 



Feb. 16. — By daylight this morning we were visited on 

 board by four of our own tribe, in Mr. Batman's whale boat. 

 The natives appeared much pleased with their visit, and sur- 

 prised at the appearance of the vessel. They remained on 

 board about a quarter of an hour, when having obtained a 

 supply of biscuit, they left us. At — o'clock the vessel was 

 under weierh ..... 



and proceeded towards 

 the sea. Mr. Escoart came to anchor near the settlement at 

 Indented Head. When we were near Arthur's Seat it became 

 necessary to work the vessel through a narrow passage, about 



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