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" Jackey, g-ive me paper and I will write j" I gave 

 -him paper and pencil, and he tried to write, 

 and he then fell back and died, and I caug'ht 

 him as he feU back and held him, and I then 

 turned round myself and cried : I was crying- a 

 g'ood while until I g-ot wellj that was about an 

 hour, and then I buried him ; I dig-g-ed up the 

 ground with a tomahawk, and covered him over 

 with log's, then grass, and my shirt and trowsers ; 

 that night I left him near dark ; I would go through 

 the scrub, and the blacks threw spears at me, a good 

 many, and I went back again into the scrub ; then 

 I went down the creek which runs into Escape 

 Eiver, and I walked along the water in the creek 

 very easy, with my head only above water, to avoid 

 the blacks, and get out of their way ; in this way I 

 went half a mile ; then I got out of the creek, and 

 got clear of them, and Avalked on all night nearly, 

 and slept in the bush without a fire ; I went on next 

 morning, and felt very bad, and I spelled for two 

 days ; I lived upon nothing but salt water ; next 

 day I went on and camped one mile away from 

 where I left, and ate one of the pandanus fruits j next 

 morning I went on two 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 ; then I went on again one mile, and got 

 nothing to eat but one nonda ; and I went on that 

 dav and camped, and on again next morning, about 

 half a mile, and .sat do\\n where there Avas good 



