respect to his remains. We heaped sand
over the grave, and laid branches upon it, that the natives might
understand by their own tokens not to disturb the last repose of a
fellow-being. I cut the following inscription on a tree close by,
to mark the spot:--

W.J.WILLS,
XLV. YDS.
W.N.W.
A.H.

(W. J. WILLS, 45 yards, west-north-west. A.H.)

The field-books, a note-book belonging to Mr. Burke, various
small articles lying about, of no value in themselves, but now
invested with a deep interest, from the circumstances connected
with them, and some of the nardoo seed on which they had subsisted,
with the small wooden trough in which it had been cleaned, I have
now in my possession.

September 21st.--Finding that it would not be prudent for King to
go out for two or three days, I could no longer defer making a
search for the spot where Mr. Burke died, and with such directions
as King could give, I went up to the creek this morning with
Messrs. Brahe, Welsh, Wheeler, and Aitkin. We searched the creek
upwards for eight miles, and at length, strange to say, found the
remains of Mr. Burke lying among tall plants under a clump of
box-trees, within two hundred yards of our last camp, and not
thirty paces from our track. It was still more extraordinary that
three or four of the party and the two black boys had been close to
the spot without noticing it. The bones were entire, with the
exception of the hands and feet; and the body had been removed from
the spot where it first lay, and where the natives had placed
branches over it, to about five paces' distance. I found the
revolver which Mr. Burke held in his hand when he expired partly
covered with leaves and earth, and corroded with rust. It was
loaded and capped. We dug a grave close to the spot, and interred
the remains wrapped in the union jack--the most fitting covering in
which the bones of a brave but unfortunate man could take their
last rest. On a box-tree, at the head of the grave, the following
inscription is cut in a similar manner to the above:--

R.O'H.B.
21/9/61
A.H.

September 23rd.--Went down the creek to-day in search of the natives
. . .I could not think of leaving without showing them that we
could appreciate and reward the kindness they had shown to Burke's
party and particularly to King. . .Passed the first feeder of
Strleczki's Creek, going to the southward, and at a large reach of
water below, found the natives camped. They made a great commotion