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subsided that P. M. at four o'clock, when 

 the inhabitants from Orleans and Chatham 

 discovered our situation from the hills. At 

 all events, the first thing I knew, I was 

 awakened from my stupor by several men 

 hauling and pulling me as though I had 

 been out of my senses, but I stupidly un- 

 derstood them and as I heard afterwards, 

 they were fearful that I was frozen and 

 benumbed, and in consequence, in the loss 

 of my senses. I recollect when I was able 

 to realize my situation, I immediately 

 remembered the situation of my poor 

 shipmates on the beach. Having given the 

 necessary orders to the people, they imme- 

 diately pursued the direction of the beach, 

 where they soon found the two poor fellows 

 in a senseless state buried in part in the 

 snow. They had struggled and had divested 

 themselves of their boots and hats and mit- 

 tens and lay perfectly still when found. 

 They were taken up, put into a boat, and 

 carried six miles and the only appearance 

 of life was a slight faint panting at the 



