In the Arctic /<• gions. '■'■ US 



low spirits. The Bevere shock occasioned by the Bud- 

 den dissolution of our two companions rendered us 

 rory melancholy. Adam became Low and despoi 

 a change which we lamented the more, as we had per- 

 ceived he had been gaining strength and Bpirits for the 

 two preceding days. I was particularly distressed by 

 the thought that the labor of collecting wood must 

 now devolve upon Dr. Richardson and Hepburn, and 

 that my debility would disable me from affording them 

 any material assistance ; indeed both of them most 

 kindly urged me not to make the attempt They 

 ipied the whole of the next day in tearing 

 down the loga of which the store-house was built, 

 hut the mud plastered between them was bo hard 

 i that the labor of separation exceeded their 

 jth, and they were completely exhausted by 

 bringing in wood sufficient for less than twelve hours' 

 consumption. 



1 found it necessary in their absence, to remain 

 constantly near Adam, and to converse with him, in 

 order to prevent his reflecting on <>ur condition, and 

 to keep up Ids Bpirits as tar as possible. I also lay 

 by his Bide at night. 



< >n the 3d the weather was very cold, though the 

 atmosphere was cloudy. This morning Hepburn was 

 affected with swelling in Ids limbs, Ids strength, as 

 well as that of the Doctor, was rapidly declining; 



