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Indeed, contrasted with our emaciated figures and ex- 

 treme debility, their frames appeared to us gigantic, and 

 their strength supernatural. These kind creatures next 

 turned their attention to our personal appearance, and 

 prevailed upon us to shave and wash ourselves. The 

 beards of the Doctor and Hepburn had been untouch- 

 ed since they left the sea coast, and were become of a 

 hideous length, and peculiarly offensive to the In- 

 dians." The Doctor and I suffered extremely from 

 distention, and therefore ate sparingly. Hepburn was 

 getting better, and Adam recovered his strength with 

 amazing rapidity. 



November 9. — This morning was pleasantly fine. 

 Crooked-Foot caught four large trout in Winter Lake, 

 which were very much prized, especially by the Doctor 

 and myself, who had taken a dislike to meat, in con- 

 Bequence of our sufferings from repletion, which ren- 

 dered us almost incapable of moving. Adam and 

 Eepburn in a great measure escaped this. Though 

 the oight was stormy, and our apartment freely ad- 

 mitted the wind, we felt no inconvenience, the Indians 

 weresovery careful in covering us up, and Inkeepinga 



* The (ii-i alvine (Uncharges after we received food, were, as Hearne 

 remarks on a similar occasion, attended with excessive pain. Previous 

 i" the arrival <>i the [ndians, the urinarj secretion was extremelj abun- 

 dant and we were obliged to rise from bed in consequence upwards of 

 ton times In a night. This was an extreme annoyance in our reduced 

 Btate, it may perhaps, be attributed to the quantity of the country 



tea that WO drank. 



