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when within about 400 paces, our firing drove them 

 back. 



On the morning of the 4th of April another bear attacked 

 us in the tent, but paid for his temerity with his hfe, 

 giving us a can of fat (which served as fuel for four days) 

 and a good deal of meat, which we immediately enjoyed 



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raw. For tlie first time drowsiness overcame us all, and 

 first one and then another closed his eyes. In the after- 

 noon snow again drifted from the north, against which 

 we marched for some hours, but were eventually obliged 

 to put up the tent. This lasted to the 5th, and kept us 

 prisoners. A sudden and unexpected increase of tem- 



