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to what we were in search of. I had walked 

 so much that I could hardly stand on my 

 legs, and was near fainting with fatigue, 

 so that I lay down, resolving rather to en- 

 dure the cold and boisterous wind, than 

 proceed any farther this night. At length 

 the Laplander and his servant, who were 

 my guides, found some dung of the rein- 

 deer. One of them took it up, and after 

 squeezing it in his hand and smeUing at it, 

 gave it to his companion to smell also. He 

 was even desirous that I should take a 

 snuff at it. By its freshness they were re- 

 joiced to discover that a Laplander with 

 his herd had but recently left this spot, 

 and they accordingly pursued a track which 

 was here and there discernible in the snow. 

 After we had proceeded half a mile, we 

 met with the object of our search, who had 

 removed but the day before, so that I had 

 now an opportunity of taking some repose. 



July 9. 

 Fatigued with my late journey, I re- 



