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When he made for the nearest camp
which was John Nahlun's place. This
John Nahlun is a naturalized Kanaka.
in which place he stopped two weeks with
the gin. One night at about midnight
some one knocked at the door; Johnson
opened the door, and a man with two
troopers asked him if he had a gin -
He answered - yes - the man with the
troopers was Senior Constable Portley who
is in charge of the native Police camp -
Mr Portley told Johnson he had stolen the
gin - He answered - No - the troopers were
then called in, and they handcuffed the
gin and put her in a boat. They took
the gin and went up the river, where
she was given to a boy named Lewis to
look after her - this boy is running as
captain Mr McLean's cutter. Mr McLean
then ordered the boy Lewis to take the
gin down to Snapper Island, which
Island is about 3 miles outside the
Daintree Heads and 12 miles from
Port Douglas and leave her there - the boy left with her
on the island a piece of bread and a jar of water and
proceeded to Port Douglas for rations. The
gin was left 16 hours on the island,
and then taken from there to Bayley's
Creek.

About the beginning of January, Mr
McLean visited Bayley's Creek. Four Kanakas