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an act, kept constantly on his guard, and carefully 

 avoided leaving Hepburn and me together. He was 

 evidently afraid of permitting us to converse in private, 

 and whenever Hepburn spoke, he inquired if he accu- 

 sal him of the murder. It is to be remarked, that he 

 understood English very imperfectly, yet sufficient to 

 render it unsafe for us to speak on the subject in- his 

 presence. We removed the body into a clump of 

 willows behind the tent, and, returning to the fire, 

 read the funeral service in addition to the evening 

 prayers. The loss of a young officer, of such distin- 

 guished and varied talents and application, may be 

 felt and duly appreciated by the eminent characters 

 under whose command he had served ; but the calm- 

 ness with which he contemplated the probable termi- 

 nation of alifc of uncommon promise ; and the patience 

 and fortitude with which he sustained, I may venture 

 to say, unparalleled bodily Bufferings, can only be 

 known to the companions of his distresses. Owing to 

 the effect thai the tripe de roche invariably had, when 

 he ventured to taste it, he undoubtedly suffered more 

 than any of the survivors of the party. Bich rateth'a 

 Scripturt Help was lying open beside the body, as ii 

 il bad fallen from hia hand, and it is probable thai he 

 was reading it at the instaul of his death. We pass- 

 ed the nighl in the tent together without rest, every 

 one being on his guard. Next day, having determined 



