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front being- nearly alike he did not get a good, 

 mark. Into the midst of the scrub we went, divided 

 ■ourselves and searched in every directionj but could 

 not find the place ; Jackey had not made the spot 

 too conspicuous, fearing* the blacks might find it, he 

 had only bent down two twigs across each other ; 

 the scrub was not very extensive but exceedingly 

 thick. 



Jackey led the way to a creek, and pointed out 

 the place where he had crossed. Jackey said, " I 

 threw him down one fellow compass somewhere 

 here." It was immediately found, it was one of 

 Eater's prismatic compasses, the name " Chislett, 

 London," engraved on the back. Jackey then went 

 to a place where he " plant him sextant," but the 

 flood had been over the spot and washed it away. 

 When returning I found the trough for an artificial 

 horizon washed upon the banks of the creek ; this 

 had been left with the sextant. Jackey crossed the 

 creek, and found a small wooden bottle of quick- 

 silver in the same place where he had left it. 



We returned to the scrub where Mr. Kennedy 

 was buried : when we came to it I placed the party 

 (eleven in number) five yards asunder, and traversed 

 it this way in all directions, but without success. I 

 then took Jackey to the plain where the poor 

 gentleman died, and told him to go towards the 

 scrub in the same manner he did when he was 

 carrying the corpse, and not to look back, which he 

 did, telling- me the manner in which he carried itj 



