NORTHERN OCEAN. 
them, to appearance, were almoft as bad as the 
poor man they had been endeavouring to relieve. 
But great part of this was feigned; for they lay 
on their backs with their eyes fixed, as if in the 
agonies of death, and were treated like young 
children; one perfon fat conftantly by them, moi- 
ftening their mouths with fat, and now and then 
“giving them a drop of water. At other times a 
{mall bit of meat was put into their mouths, or 
a pipe held for them to fmoke. ‘This farce only 
‘Jafted for the firft day; after which they feemed 
to be perfectly well, except the hoarfenefs, which 
continued for a confiderable time afterwards. 
And it is truly wonderful, though the ftricteft 
truth, that when the poor fick man was taken 
from the conjuring-houfe, he had not only reco- 
vered his appetite to an amazing degree, but was 
able to move all the fingers and toes of the fide 
that had been fo long dead. In three weeks he 
recovered fo far as to be capable of walking, and 
at the end of fix weeks went a hunting for his 
family. He was one of the perfons* particular- 
ly engaged to provide for me during my journey ; 
and after his recovery from this dreadful difor- 
der, accompanied me back to Prince of Wales’s 
Fort in June one thoufand feven hundred and 
feventy-two; and fince that time he has frequent- 
ly vifited the Factory, though he never had a 
} healthy 
* His name was Cof-abyagh, the Northern Indian name for the Rock 
Partridge. 
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