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aside, " now I tell 3'ou exactly what to do, you see 

 those black fellows over there," (and in pointing- to 

 them I saw a great number, some eig-ht hundred 

 yards away, peeping' from behind trees,) " you leave 

 him tent, everything-, altog-ether there, and get the 

 two white fellows down to the boat quick." Jackey 

 was exceeding-ly energ-etic, and g-rave as well. Get 

 away as quick as possible, was resounded b}^ all, 

 but what was to be done — two men almost dead to 

 walk two or three miles. We looked over the tent, 

 asked Carron for what important thing-s there were, 

 and each laid hold of what appeared to be of most 

 value, the Captain taking two sextants, other parties 

 fire-arms, &c., &c. " Come along," again and 

 again Jackey called out, and the Captain too, whilst 

 they were half ^\'ay down towards the creek, and 

 Barrett and I loaded ourselves. I took a case of 

 seeds, some papers of Carron's, a double gun and 

 pistol, which, together with m}^ own double gun and 

 brace of pistols, thermometer, and xcvj pockets full 

 of powder and shot, was as much as I could manage. 

 Seeing Carron could not get along, I told him to 

 put his hands on my shoulders, and in this way he 

 managed to walk down, as far as nearly through the 

 mangrove swamp, towards the water's edge, when 

 he could not in that way possibly get any further, 

 and Barrett, with his disabled arm, carried him 

 down to the edge of the water. Goddard, the other 

 survivor, was just able to walk do^vn, spoke, and 

 looked exceedingly feeble. They were brought on 



