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had crossed the day Mr. Kennedy was killed. 

 Jackey went a short distance further to reconnoitre, 

 and presently returned, having' perfectly satisfied 

 hiinself as to our locahty. 



After making a hasty meal we proceeded, leaving 

 four hands in charge of the boats ; we walked some 

 distance across a swamp, still following the course 

 of the creek. In the swamp I saw a g^eat many 

 of the Nepenthes destillatoria, or pitcher-plant; 

 they were not exactly of the same description I 

 have seen on the Pellew Islands, and other places ; 

 nearly all of them wanted the graceful turn in the 

 stem, for which those elegant plants are so justly 

 celebrated. We traced the creek for nearly a mile, 

 looking out for a crossing place, when Jackey 

 pointed out on the other side the place where he 

 had secreted the saddle-bags. At length we came 

 to a tree which had fallen and formed a kind of 

 bridge, over which we passed with difficulty, and 

 returned to the place where Jackey said the saddle- 

 bags were planted. Jacke}^ then shewed us the 

 place where " horse tumble down creek" after being 

 speared. Some horse-dung was found on the top 

 of the bank close to this place, which confirmed 

 Jackey's statement ; he then took us a few 5'ards 

 into the scrub to look for the saddle-bags, and told 

 us to look about for a broken twig, growing over a 

 thick bush ; the place was found, but the saddle- 

 bags were ^gonej on seai'ching under the bush 

 among the leaves, the horizon glass of a sextant was 



