238 Kennedy's expedition. 



immediately determined upon to leaA e Port Albany 

 with all possible speed, to save the surviving- parties 

 at Pudding--pan HiU and Weymouth Bay, — three 

 men at the former place, and the rest at the latter. 

 It being necessary to take the sheep with us, they 

 were aU but three shipped in the evening', and 

 prompt orders given for the vessel to be g^ot ready 

 for a start in the morning' the first thing'. In the 

 meantime I went on shore ^"ith the Captain to get 

 the bullock in to kill, Barrett, as well, on horseback, 

 but we found it was impossible to g-et him in — he 

 was so wild : he was therefore shot at the far and 

 south end of the island, Avith the intention of 

 bringing- as much as possible of the carcass awa}-. 

 It g'etting- late in the evening, however, none was 

 taken away, nor is there time now to do so, and to 

 do also an act of duty and humanity to the yet 

 hving- human being's. 



Dec. 24:th. — Before ten a.m., a dead calm ; at 

 turn of tide or rather before, weighed anchor, but 

 the tide took us towards Cape York a mile ; the 

 tide now turned, and a gentle breeze took us through 

 the strait. The breeze continued, and at sundown 

 we anchored five miles south of Point Shadwell, 

 Mount Adolphus bearing N.]Nr.W., seven leagues; 

 employed during the day conversing with Jackey, 

 taking- down in pencil what he had to say, changing 

 the subject now and then by speaking of his com- 

 rades at Jerry's Plains. I did so as he told me 

 what kept him awake aU last night was thinking- 



