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though leaving home just before taking his degree 

 as a physician, deprives him of a title. All 

 arrangements being made, I only waited for the 

 boat to come up, and in a few minutes I had the 

 gratification of hearing her last bell, and seeing 

 her push off from our miserable camp for Rio 

 Grande City. 



When the order was given to go on board and 

 take all the luggage, many started with only their 

 saddlebags, either in terror, or in apathy, from the 

 effect of the air on their systems. Scarcely more 

 than twenty men were willing to take provisions 

 enough to feed on for even one day. David 

 Hudson showed himself one of the most energetic 

 and helpful and there were some twenty others, 

 but I was- too anxious and too hurried in directing 

 and working as well, to notice any but the most 

 faithful, and the most unfaithful. 



I took Langdon Havens on board, never expect- 

 ing to see him again, he looked pale, yellow, blue, 

 black, all colors at once, the large blood vessels of 

 the neck swollen and black, showing how rapidly 

 the disease was gaining on him, and begged Trask 

 to do all he could for him. Then I came ashore 

 and saw the boat off, turned away and stood for a 

 moment to draw a long breath and wipe my 

 streaming face, the mercury was 99 degrees in the 

 shade. I looked at the group of good men who 

 had reluctantly left me and had assembled in the 



