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May [1883]

at 4, & came on till 8, through
a dreadful scrub. How we got
through in the dark without
accident I dont know. We
soon had the fire lit & the
billy boiling for our meagre
supper. We saw several spears
& things lying on the ground in
their camp, but they would
not allow one to take any thing
away, as harm has been
done so often by white men
stealing the Blacks only
means of gaining their food.
The man we caught first had a
white plaited string made
of bark round his head & he threw
it down when Favenc let him loose,
a sign of submission & peace.
All the men amongst
these Blacks are circumcised.