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 either this is probable or else he was murdered; it is strange however that his body was never discovered.

This happened in the year 1835. When the Rev. K.B.J. Thorpe went over to Hobart Town in 1861, he made enquiries on the subject, but no light was thrown on it; probably the colony was in so unsettled a condition that no regular government existed at that time.

Meanwhile James, in accordance with a promise to his mother, returned home and John's death occurred before he left; some blame, it was felt attached to him, for not having looked more after his brother, & for not making an