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together in the fame canoe. The oar 

 was my lot, as ufual, as alfo Mr. Camp- 

 bell's 5 Mr. Hamilton could not row, 

 and captain Cheap was out of the quef- 

 tion ; our furgeon was more dead than 

 alive at the time, and lay at the bottom 

 of the canoe he was in. The weather 

 coming on too bad for their canoes to 

 keep the fea, we landed again, without 

 making great progrefs that day. Here 

 Mr. Elliot, our furgeon, died. At our 

 firft fetting out, he promifed the faireft 

 for holding out, being a very ftrong, ac- 

 tive young man : he had gone through 

 an infinite deal of fatigue, as Mr. Ha- 

 milton and he were the beft iliots 

 amongft us, and whilft our ammunition 

 lafted never fpared themfelves, and in a 

 great meafure provided for the reft ; but 

 he died the death many others had done 

 before him, being quite ftarved. We 

 fcraped a hole for him in the fand, and 

 buried him in the beft manner we could. 



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