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south of the Peninsula to Akaroa—no trace of him was ever found. The next was Mr. Peter Haylock, who was overtaken by a snow storm on a dark night, and was found above Wainui frozen to death. Then came that mysterious disappearance of Mr. Dicken, of French Farm. He went into the bush at Barry’s Bay with his dog, and never returned. The vicinity was scoured by search parties comprising some 200 persons, but no trace was revealed, nor was any evidence of his remains discovered since the land has been cleared. All that is known is that after twenty-one days his dog crawled home almost done, and could never be persuaded to go back to where his master had been lost. The fourth instance was that of a Mr. Magee, who fell over a precipice. The fifth was a little half-caste boy, the son of Mr. John Flurtz, of Okain’s Bay, who wandered in search of karaka berries until darkness overtook him. The bush was searched for weeks, but without success. The sixth person lost was Dan Rogers. He was travelling in the dark from Akaroa to where the Akaroa Lighthouse stands, and is supposed to have fallen over the rocks and been killed. The place is called Dan Rogers Bay.
