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was some tripe de roche, we stopped to collect it, and 

 breakfasted. Mr. Hood, who was now very feeble, and 

 Dr. Richardson, who attached himself to him, walked 

 together at a gentle pace in the rear of the party. I 

 kept with the foremost men, to cause them to halt oc- 

 casionally, until the stragglers came up. Resuming 

 our march after breakfast, we followed the track of 

 Mr. Back's party, and encamped early, as all of us 

 were much fatigued, particularly Credit, who having 

 to-<lay carried the men's tent, it being his turn to do 

 so, was so exhausted, that when he reached the en- 

 campment he was unable to stand. The tripe de roche 

 disagreed with this man and with Vaillant, in conse- 

 quence of which they were the fiist whose strength 

 totally failed. We had a small quantity of this weed 

 in the evening, and the rest of bur supper was made 

 up of scraps of roasted leather. The distance walked 

 to-day was six miles. As Credit was very weak in 

 the morning, his load was reduced to little more than 



his personal luggage, consisting of his blanket, Bhoes, 



and gun. Previous to setting out, the whole party 

 ate the remains of their old shoes, and whatever 



Bcraps of leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs 

 for the fatigue of the day's journey. We left the en- 

 campment at oine, and pursued our route over a range 

 of bleak hills. The wind having increased to ;( strong 

 gale in tl of the morning, became piercingly 



