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less state, from which, by the attention of Dr. 

 Richardson, he was after a long time recovered. 

 By this accident Franklin lost his portfolio, con- 

 taining his journal and observations from Fort 

 Enterprise ; but the loss, he says, was well sup- 

 plied by his companions, Richardson, Back, and 

 Hood. 



On the 16th and 17th, by passing over a rugged 

 country, their toil and suffering were greatly in- 

 creased ; on the latter day they had no breakfast, 

 and but a scanty supper, yet Franklin says, they 

 allayed the pangs of hunger by pieces of singed hide 

 and a little tripe de roche. " These would have 

 satisfied us in ordinary times, but we were now 

 almost exhausted by slender fare and travel, and 

 our appetites had become ravenous. We looked, 

 however, with humble confidence to the Great 

 Author and Giver of all good, for a continuance of 

 the support which had hitherto been always sup- 

 plied to us at our greatest need." 



On the 18th, Franklin says, " the want of tripe de 

 roche caused us to go supperless to bed." The next 

 day they came to a spot where there was some of 

 that weed, which they collected, and breakfasted on. 

 Mr. Hood was now so feeble, that Dr. Richardson 

 walked with him at a gentle pace in the rear of the 

 party. " In the evening," says Franklin, " we had 

 a small quantity of the tripe, and the rest of our 

 supper was made up of scraps of roasted leather;" 



