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had thrown a spear into Barrett's arm^ and was on 

 the eve of throwing another at him, when Barrett 

 shot him. I went into the canoe, and examined 

 the black, and found the ball had gone through his 

 body, entering on the one side and coming out on 

 the opposite. The ball must have gone through 

 the stomach, from its direction. He was now 

 dying — nearly dead. The canoe was chopped up, 

 and, with the black, disappeared a short time 

 afterwards. I dressed Barrett's wounds, — three of 

 them, of a triangular shape, in the lower and fleshy 

 part of the fore-arm. From the canoe were brought 

 the leg part of a pair of trowsers, three spears, a 

 piece of iron of a saddle, hooks and lines, &c. j and 

 a piece of moleskin was taken off the native's leg, 

 which Jackey says was part of his trowsers, which 

 he tied round Mr. Kennedy's head when he buried 

 him, Jackey being sure that they had dug up Mr. 

 Kennedy. I observed at the time that the native 

 was nearly on board, the moment the blacks saw 

 Jackey, they looked at each other as if every thing 

 was not right. Previously to their jumping over- 

 board, when Jackey shewed the native the spear 

 wound over his eye, he would quickly turn away 

 and not look him in the face. Whilst the native 

 was being secured, after being removed to the fore 

 part of -the vessel, a mutton bone with meat was 

 offered him .which he grappled at and ate vora- 

 ciously, saying, "paoud, paoud." The wind in- 

 creased and w^s fair, and Jackey pointed out a hiU 

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