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recover the tliree men ; he was sure this was the 

 place, seeing' the mountain which Mr. Kennedy 

 called Pudding-pan Hill, and other mountains there, 

 which were wanting- at the Pudding-'pan Hill of the 

 chart J he was perfectly confident as to this being' 

 the right place, and it may be here stated that this 

 hill is the very fac-simile of the Pudding-pan Hill 

 of the chart. In saihng in the bay we found the 

 water getting* very shallow, from three to four, and 

 lastly, when we anchored, two and a-half fathoms, 

 and this unfortunately, was a long way off from the 

 land, say three or four miles 3 after consultation 

 with the Captain and Jackey, our main guide, we 

 determined on going on shore at the place pointed 

 out by Jackey before daylight on the following 

 morning ; during this afternoon several fires, about 

 five, were in sight along the coast in the bay, and 

 not many natives seen 5 I saw five ; after a time it 

 had been determined who should be the party to go 

 to recover the three men. The Captain, Jackey^ 

 Barrett, Thomas (the sailor), and myself, formed the 

 party. The evening was employed in getting our 

 guns in good order for the morrow. The Captain 

 thought he observed on shore natives with wearing 

 apparel on. 



Dec. 27th. — At three o'clock a.m., the Captain 

 called me, and such had been the preparation last 

 night that in a quarter of an hour we were in the 

 longboat, steering for the shore, and just as daylight 

 was peeping we were near the shore in shallow 



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