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on the sea-shore, with directions to search out the natives who dis¬ 
covered the body, to go w r ith them to the pit, and, after making as full 
inquiry as possible, to report to Hilo immediately. So far as could be 
ascertained, the guide was an Englishman, a convict from Botany Bay, 
who left a vessel at the Sandwich Islands some years previously: he 
had a wife and one child with him, to which circumstance was attri¬ 
buted his delay. In the meantime, it was feared that the body could 
not be carried to Honolulu. In the afternoon, however, Edward 
Gurney, the English guide, arrived. He stated, that on the 12th inst., 
about ten minutes before six in the morning, Mr. D. arrived at his 
house on the mountain, and wished him to point out the road to Hilo, 
and to accompany him a short distance. Mr. D. was then alone, but 
said his man had gone out the day before; referring probably to John, 
Mr. Diell’s coloured man. Having breakfasted, Edward accompanied 
Mr. D. about three-quarters of a mile ; and, after directing him in the 
path, and warning him of the traps, proceeded half a mile farther with 
him. Here they parted, thinking he could find the way himself, being 
anxious to reach Hilo before the evening. 
“ Edward returned home ; but about eleven o’clock two natives came 
and told him that the European was dead, and that they had found 
him in a bullock-pit. They stated that as they were coming up to the 
pit, one of them observing some clothing on the side, exclaimed ‘ Lole!’ 
and in a moment afterward discovered Mr. D. within the pit, trampled 
under the feet of the bullock. Edward ran with a musket and charge, 
and on reaching the pit, saw Mr. D. lying on his right side, and the 
bullock standing upon the body. He shot the animal, descended into 
the pit, and with assistance got out the body of the poor traveller. His 
cane was with him, but the bundle and dog were missing. Edward 
knowing he had a bundle, asked for it. After a few minutes’ search, 
a loud barking was heard at a short distance a-head, on the road lead¬ 
ing to Hilo, and on reaching the spot the dog and bundle were found. 
On further examination, it appeared that Mr. D. had stopped to look 
into an empty pit, and also into that where the bullock was taken ; 
that, after passing on up the hill some fifteen fathoms, he laid down 
his bundle, and returned to the fatal pit; and that while looking 
in, by making a mis-step, he fell into the power of the infuriated 
animal that gored and trampled him to death. 
“ The body was covered in part by stones, which circumstance is 
thought to have prevented it being entirely crushed. After removing 
it, Edward took charge of the dog and bundle, and of Mr. D.’s chrono¬ 
meter, compass, keys, and money found upon him ; and, having hired 
