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hold together into thin slices, but a great deal of it 

 was quite rotten. The blood puddings, tripe, feet, 

 and bones, lasted us till this day. I saved the hide 

 of this horse for ourselves, the other I had fed our 

 dogs on: Mr. Kennedy having requested me to 

 keep them alive if possible, so that we had to spare 

 a little from our scanty meals for them. 



Dec. \st. — The wind was blowing strong from 

 the south-east this morning. On going up the lull 

 iQ the afternoon I saw a schooner from the north- 

 ward beating to the southward. I supposed her to 

 be the Bramble, as it was about the time Mr. 

 Kennedy had given me expectation of being reheved 

 by water, and I afterwards found I was right in 

 this supposition. 



I naturally concluded she had come for us ; and 

 full of hope and joy I immediately hoisted a flag on 

 a staff we had previously erected on a part of the 

 hm where it could be seen from any part of the bay. 

 We placed a ball above the flag to put the crew on 

 their guard against the natives. We then collected 

 a quantity of wood, and at dusk lighted a fire, and 

 kept it burning till about half-past seven or eight 

 o'clock. I then fired off three rockets one after the 

 other, at intervals of about twenty minutes. I also 

 took a large pistol up the hill, and stood for some 

 time firing it as quickly as I could load it, thinking 

 the}' might perhaps see the flash of that, if they had 

 not seen the rockets. 



Dec, 2nd. — Early this morning I was up, strain- 



