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Thursday 20th [underlined] (Continued)
the "Australian" will not arrive 'till Saturday (instead of
Thursday) & their departure had been arranged for 10 am
today, - Mr. Gee having sent a note to the Skipper to that
effect. I lay still & thought all was right, & tried to go
to sleep again, but hearing some bottles knocked over thought
it time to get up, so stole quietly around to the back of
the bungalow & peeped in the window. To my astonishment
it was a kangaroo, & the back door being shut, it must
have come in the front & passed close to my bunk. I got
a gun & shot at it, though could only see a very dim
shadow at the other end of the room, but it felt like a
log & proved on examination to have got the charge in the
most vital spot. We found it had been to the biscuits
dried apples etc, & had taken a whole loaf of bread from
the table in the dining room, & hollowed that out. Later
in the morning. (breakfast was just ready & served up) in
came Peter, one of the Malays off the Lugger, & informed
us that "the Captain shoot himself". We were horrified
to find that it was only too true, so sending Peter for the
Police, I went in to Dr. Fulton's, next door. He was at
breakfast, but at once left it & went aboard the lugger
the Police (Messrs Scott & Kelly) arriving about the same
time. He was brought ashore on one of the hatches,