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examining the ground, said
that he had been carried
off on a sheet of bark, so
that I am unable to
state positively whether he
escaped or not, as he
may have only feigned
death. Our united parties
were never able from
that time to come on
any track whatever, and
as I had been suffering
during the Patrol from
fever and ague, L^t [Lieutenant]
Fulford advised me to
go home to the Barracks,
leaving him to prosecute
the search. I felt
myself getting rapidly
worse, for I had been
unable to partake of
food for four days and
nights, and returned by
Wallumbilla to see
that all was quiet there
but