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which time the party was benumbed with cold. 

 Proceeding again, he got on tolerably well for a 

 little time ; but being again seized with faintness 

 and dizziness, he fell often, and at length ex- 

 claimed that he could go no further. We im- 

 mediately stopped, and endeavoured to encourage 

 him to persevere, until we should find some wil- 

 lows, to encamp ; he insisted, however, that he 

 could not march any longer through this deep 

 snow ; and said, that if he should even reach our 

 encampment this evening, he must be left there, 

 provided tripe de roc/te could not be procured to 

 recruit his strength. The poor man was over- 

 whelmed with grief, and seemed desirous to re- 

 main at that spot. We were about two miles 

 from the place where the other men had been 

 left, and as the track to it was beaten, we pro- 

 posed to him to return thither, as we thought it 

 probable he would find the men still there; 

 at any rate, he would be able to get fuel to 

 keep him warm during the night; and, on the 

 next day, he could follow their track to the 

 officers' tent ; and, should the path be covered by 

 the snow, the pines we had passed yesterday 

 would guide him, as they were yet in view. 



I cannot describe my anguish on the occasion 

 of separating from another companion under cir- 

 cumstances so distressing. There was, however, 



