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possible.

It is most desirable the
man "James Burn" should be found
and his deposition taken upon his
finding of the first lot of Saddlery
in the Mitchell River some months
ago – and a riding Saddle near the
Spot where the human remains &c
have so recently been found which
Saddle it is said – he asserted was
Clarke's own riding saddle. [In margin: "Message No 02 25/?/84"] Also
in reference to the track of a Horse
he at that same time followed twenty
miles South East from the immediate
vicinity of the same spot. If this
latter statement be true the inference is
plainly that it was somebody (Clarke's
Blackboy?) making away from the
camp wherein the Remains were
found – and if it were the Blackboy
strenuous exertions should be made
to find him – alive or dead.
This Blackboy was I believe a native
of Port Mackay, known as Dick –

James Burn is in the
employment of Hungerford and is
now said to be en route hence
to the Batavia River from whence it
is supposed he will go South on his
own business, before returning
to Hungerfords stations – He hoped
to reach Cooktown before the end
of