into which he was to make a strict inquiry. I replied that I had indeed reported to the Protector that the natives had been treated cruelly, but I had not accused the police, but, taking a general stance, had merely described the harsh treatment of the native inhabitants. With the "Emu", which came back from Adelaide yesterday, I received a letter from Moorhouse, who simply informed me that he had received my letter regarding the imprisonment of the natives. I received a letter from Br. Teichelmann that had already been written on October 1st and had not very pleasant content.

October 27th, 1840.
I rode with Mr. Friedrich White to the Tod River; his intention to capture his horse and mine to see if I could meet any natives, because I had always been told that many of them used to live near the river mentioned. I didn't find any. When we saw Mr. White's horse ( 034 ), I lost my companion, not knowing where he intended to chase the horse, and later unable to see or hear him again. After riding around for a long time, I gave up hope of meeting White again and rode back across the Tod [River]. I tried to ride along this side of the river, but had to give it up because of a deep tributary I came across and because of the apparently serpentine and rambling course of the river. The news came that the natives had speared 1 boar and 3 swine from Mr. Dutton and had thrown a man with the club and chased him.

October 28th, 1840.
Magistrate Matthew Smith asked me to open the inquiry with my accusation against the police. I refused, claiming that I was not accusing individuals, but only generally asserting that injustice had been done to the indigenous people. At this rose. Dr. Harvey said: "If I didn't bring charges against the police, he would;" he claimed that the natives had been treated shamefully and cruelly by the police. After Dr. Harvey, Jones and several other witnesses were examined, the court was closed and further inquest was postponed until Friday the 30th of this month. --

Towards the evening Gottfried and me went with White and Dr. Harvey in the latter boat, ( 035 ) to go to Spaulding Cove(075) and then walk overland to the opposite Memory Cove(076). Because of the almost complete lack of wind, we were unable to get out of the bay that evening or even reach Boston Island, where we had planned to cook dinner.

October 29th, 1840.
After drinking tea on Boston Island this morning, we sailed quickly to the top of Spaulding Cove with a favorable wind. The land on the coast is densely covered with stickwood(077) and small trees, both a type of eucalyptus. Nevertheless, we tried to push through, but we soon lost direction and had to turn back after an arduous hike of about two hours without having reached our goal. This morning we heard a cannon firing, so we rushed to get home as soon as possible. But in the afternoon there was again a complete calm, so that we were unable to get further