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fatigue of our next day's journey, so that I felt his 

 resolution to be prudent, I was sensible that his deter- 

 mination to remain, was mainly prompted by the dis- 

 interested and generous wish to remove impediments 

 to the progress of the rest of the party. Dr. Richard- 

 son and Hepburn, who were both in a state of strength 

 to keep pace with the men, beside this motive which 

 they shared with him, were influenced in their resolu- 

 tion to remain ; the former by the desire which had 

 distinguished his character, throughout the expedition, 

 of devoting himself to the succor of the weak, and 

 the latter by the zealous attachment he had ever 

 shewn towards his officers. 



We set out without waiting to take any of the 

 tripe de rochc, and walked at a tolerable pace, and in 

 an hour arrived at a line group of pines, about a mile 



1 a quarter from the tent. We sincerely regretted 

 not having seen these before we had separated from 

 our companions, as they would have been better sup- 

 plied with fuel here, and there appeared to be more 

 tripe de roche than where we had left them. 



Descending afterwards into a more level country, 

 we found the snow very deep, and the labor of wading 

 through it so fatigued the whole party, thai we were 

 compelled to encamp, after a march of four miles and 

 a half. Belanger and Michel were lefl far behind, 

 and whin they arrived at the encampment appeared 



