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whenever food could be procured, but a I 

 weak to pound the bones, Peltier I i do that in 



addition to his more fatiguing task of getting wood. 

 We li.nl ;i violent snow Btorm all tb day, ami 



this gloomy weather contributed to the depression of 

 spirits under which Adam ami Samandre were laborii 

 Neither of them would quit their beds, ami they 



BCai • ars all day ; in vain 



did Peltier and myself endeavor to cheer 1 1 1 . m. We 

 had even to use much cut: Lied 



upou tin in t<» take th^ meals we had prepared. Our 

 «itti.itii»ii was indeed di . hut in compari 



with that of our friends in the rear, we consid* red i: 

 happy. Their conditiou gave us unceasing solicitude, 

 ami was the principal Bubject of our conversation. 



Though th«' weather was stormy on the 26th, 

 iiiamlp- assisted me to gather tripe dt roche. Adam, 

 who was very ill. ami could not now he prevailed upon 

 • at this weed, subsisted principally on hours, though 

 In' also partook of tin- Boup. The //■' bad 



hitherto afforded us our chief support, and we natu- 

 rally fell great ui at the | of b ing 



i' it, by its being so frozen nder it 



impossible for us to gather it. 



We perceived our Btrength declii .and 



every exertion began to be irksome; when we w< 

 once seated the erreatesl effort was necessary i 



