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only means "I saving their own lives, as well as tl 

 of oar friends at the tent : and, after much entreaty, 

 got them to Bet oul at ten A.M. : Belangerand Michel 

 were left at the encampment, and proposed to start 

 Bhortly afterwards. By the time we had gone al 

 two hundred yards, Perrault became again dizzy, and 

 desired us to halt, which we did, until he, Ing, 



proposed to march on. Ten minutes more had hardly 

 elapsed before he again desired us to stop, and, burst- 



into tears, declared he was totally exhausted, and 

 nnahle to accompany us further. As the encampment 

 was not more than a quarter of a mile distant, we pro- 



il that he Bhould return to it. and rejoin Belac 

 and Michel, whom we kn< w to he still there, from 

 perceiving the smoke of a fresh fire ; and 1 they 



had not made any preparation for starting when we 

 hit them. If<' readily acquiesced in tin- proposition, 

 and having taken a friendly leave "f each of us, and 

 enjoined us to make all the haste we could in Bending 

 relief, he turned back, keeping his gun and ammuni- 

 tion. We watched him until lie was near t<> tin' tin', 

 and then proceeded. During these detentions, Augus- 

 tus becoming impatient of the delay, had walked on, 

 and we lost sight of him. The labor we experienced 

 in wading through tin- deep snow induced us to ci 

 a moderate sized lake, which lay in our track, but we 

 found this operation tar more harassing. Asthesur- 



