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different direction, in the hope of finding' some spot 

 where a road mig-ht be made, but returned with no 

 better success. This day we killed the best sheep 

 we had yet slaughtered ; it weighed 58 lbs., those 

 we had previously killed varying fi'om 40 to 48 lbs. ; 

 they did not keep fat, but up to this time we were 

 enabled to fry all the meat, which mode of cookery 

 was more speedy and convenient for us than boiling 

 or any other way. 



Jv,ne 17 th. — We proceeded this evening along 

 the edge of the swamps, crossing several small 

 creeks. In many places the wheels of the carts 

 sank to the axle-trees in consequence of the rotten- 

 ness of the ground near the creeks. At length we 

 camped, after travelling about five miles. 



June 18th. — This day was Sunday, and at eleven 

 o'clock Mr. Kennedy assembled the whole party 

 under the shade of some large trees and read prayers. 

 This was a practice always persevered in when 

 practicable, and unless for some very pressing rea- 

 son, we uniformly set apart the Sabbath as a day 

 of rest, such an interval from our toils being in fact 

 absolutely necessary. 



June 19th. — Again Mr. Kennedy started this 

 morning, accompanied by five men, into the swamps, 

 determined, if possible, to find a road by which Ave 

 might cross them, and get to the foot of the 

 mountain ranges on the south. He remained out 

 during this and the two following days. The natives 

 appear to be very numerous in the neighbourhood 



