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could go no farther. Mr. Banks had recourse again 

 to entreaty and expostulation, but they produced no 

 effect : when Richmond was told, that if he did not 

 go on he would in a short time be frozen to death, 

 he answered, that he desired nothing but to lie down 

 and die : the Doctor did not so explicitly renounce 

 his life ; he said he was willing to go on, but that 

 he must first take some sleep, though he had before 

 told the company that to sleep was to perish. Mr. 

 Banks and the rest found it impossible to carry them, 

 and there being no remedy, they were both suffered 

 to sit down, being partly supported by the bushes, 

 and in a few minutes they fell into a profound sleep : 

 soon after, some of the people who had been sent 

 forward, returned, with the welcome news that a fire 

 was kindled about a quarter of a mile farther on the 

 way. Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr. Solan- 

 der, and happily succeeded : but, though he had not 

 slept five minutes, he had almost lost the use of his 

 limbs, and the muscles were so shrunk that his shoes fell 

 from his feet : he consented to go forward with such 

 assistance as could be given him, but no attempts to 

 relieve poor Richmond were successful. It being 

 found impossible to make him stir, after some time 

 had been lost in the attempt, Mr. Banks left his 

 other black servant and a seaman, who seemed to 

 have suffered least by the cold, to look after him ; 

 promising, that as soon as two others should be suf- 

 ficiently warmed, they should be relieved. Mr. Banks, 

 with much difficulty, at length got the Doctor to the 

 fire ; and soon after sent two of the people who had 

 been refreshed, in hopes that, with the assistance of 

 those who had been left behind, they would be able 

 to bring Richmond, even though it should still be 

 found impossible to wake him. In about half an 

 hour, however, they had the mortification to see these 

 two men return alone : they said, that they had been 

 all round the place to which they had been directed, 

 but could neither find Richmond nor those who had 



