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too weak. I placed myself at the camp, and looked 

 about for the likeliest place to which a corpse would 

 be taken under the circumstances. I went down 

 into a small guUy, about sixty yards from the 

 camp ; under some small bushes, in about two feet 

 of water, I found their bones, two skuUs and some 

 of the larger bones, the smaller ones having most 

 probably been washed away by the flood ; the bones 

 were all carefully collected and taken on board. 

 From the position ia which these bones were found, 

 agreeing with the description given me by Mr. 

 Carron, I feel confident they are the remains of 

 Wall and Niblet. 



I was rather surprised to find some cabbage-pahn 

 trees growing in the vicinity of the camp ; the tops 

 are very nutritious, and would be very desirable for 

 men in a starving state, had they been aware of it. 

 I picked up part of a key belonging to a chro- 

 nometer. Aft-er having a good look round, we 

 returned to the boats, all tired, from our drenching 

 and wading through so much mud and water, and 

 we unfortunately had no provisions of any kind, 

 and had eaten nothing aU day. When we pulled 

 to the entrance of the river it was low water, and 

 there was a bank dry outside of us for upwards of 

 half a mile ; we had no alternative but to wait until 

 the tide flowed. At half-past three p.m., got on 

 board, hoisted the boat in, and prepared to start in 

 the morning. 



Ifay ^th. — At dayhght, weighed, with a light 



