but no one thought of going with me. Towards evening Mr. Bennet came and said that some natives had been with him yesterday and that they had behaved well. At sunset Mr. Newenham came; We then all went to Bennet's place and drank tea, Newenham saying that Dr. Harvey's letter to Smith was read aloud and people were very surprised at its contents. I went back to the boat with Newenham, ( 041 ) and on the way he told me that the magistrate had also mentioned my letter and remarked that I was in error when I thought that the recent inquest should have also examined the question of whether the natives were innocent or not.

November 6th, 1840.
I rode Winter's horse, with which Newenham had arrived yesterday, back again today, hoping to find some natives, while Dr. Harvey went back with his boat. On this side of the Tod River, at the foot of the mountains, I saw a fire, but when I rode towards it I found no human soul there, nor did I receive an answer to my loud calls. The fire was in dry grass and appeared to have been recently lit.

November 7th, 1840.
Overwhelmed by the feeling of my inactivity and consequently my complete superfluity in the world, I decided to go into the bush with Gottfried today, namely to the tip of Boston Bay, where fire was said to have been seen yesterday. We set off at 8 o'clock and we had already walked many miles without seeing a fire, so I almost gave up hope when suddenly fresh smoke rose on the other side of the bay. Now we were certain of our success, and since Gottfried answered "No" to my question whether he was afraid, adding that they would probably not kill us, we went towards it with quite confident courage, trusting in God's protection.

( 042 ) About a mile on this side of the fire we found traces of adults and children and now we went out of the bushes onto the thin bank, close to the beach, so as not to come across the blacks too suddenly. We hadn't gone far when I heard the voice calling loudly, and at the same time I saw a person walking. Now I started to wave, and Gottfried said that they were also waving and that they were coming running. I asked him if they had weapons, but he couldn't see it as much as I could because they were hidden up to their heads in the bushes. These were moments of great fear. But soon two young people without any weapons came up to us, waving at us not to come any closer; These were followed by several others, so that there were soon a dozen around us. I gave them ash cakes and rusks and invited them to go with me to Port Lincoln. The five of them agreed to do this and requested that I bring them back in the boat. They were completely fearless and so obliging that they carried my Felleisen [leather backpack]. We went back straight and quickly, without resting or quenching our hunger and thirst, a distance of 25 miles, so that Gottfried was completely exhausted. After we got fresh water from the spring in Happy Valley and after Dr. Harvey refreshed himself with some food, we went ( 043 ) to my house, instructing the natives to sit down in the garden at the house under a tent and to roast their goose, which I had shot on the way. Towards the evening they became very talkative and gave me a number of words from their