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ahead of us whicli lie said was like Pudding-pan 

 HUl, near which the three men were left. This 

 hill was Pudding--pan HUl^ according to the chart. 

 As we neared Pudding-pan Hill^ Jackey said, this 

 is not the place, that he had heen mistaken, and, on 

 continually looking at it, he became the more 

 confirmed and positive, and said it was no use 

 whatever to land there, but that we must go ftirther 

 on ; we passed the hill ; in the meantime the 

 Captain and I consulted as to what should be done, 

 knowing this was the only Pudding-pan HOI on 

 the chart ; but Jackey, who had been placed in the 

 fore-top, became more and more positive, saying at 

 length, " Do you think I am stupid ? — Mr. Kennedy 

 sent me from the camp to look out the coast, so that 

 I might know it again when I came back in the 

 ship, and I will tell you when we come to it, the 

 ship must g*o on that way farther," pointing to the 

 south. Proceeding on, towards evening, oif Han- 

 nibal Bay we saw niunerous native fires, and in one 

 spot I observed about forty natives. Before sun- 

 down a canoe was making off" to us, but after 

 sun-set we gradually lost sight of it, and some time 

 after this we anchored. 



Dec. 26th. — At twenty minutes to six a.m., got 

 under weigh with a light breeze, in the centre of 

 Hannibal Bay, Risk Point ahead. In about ten 

 minutes we struck on a coral reef, and soon got ofi" 

 again; we anchored this day in Shelbui'ne Bay, 

 opposite where Jackey wished us to proceed to 



