and in his delirious ramblings, amongst inarticu" 

 late expressions, could be heard, ** Yon's the 

 recht stuff, mon, aye it isT' Later on he 

 seemed to come to himself again, as he weakly 

 asked for tea. Indeed so frequent became his 

 cravings for this beverage that one of us was 

 told off specially to keep up the supply. It was 

 not till the evening of the second day that the 

 matter was cleared up. All but the night-watch 

 had retired, when the supposed invalid suddenly 

 stepped briskly from his bed, and made towards 

 the food^bags with a determination boding ill 

 for our now inconsiderable stores. On this 

 occasion the night-watchman proved the value 

 of the institution by quickly alarming the 

 sleepers and averting what might have proved 

 a serious catastrophe. Explanations ensued, 

 and we discovered that the miraculously^healed 

 patient had merely had the good fortune, as he 

 described it, to discover a succuknt alga giving 

 abundance of intoxicating fluid. No further 

 explanation was required, as his subsequent 

 behaviour was obvious to every one. ^ Whilst 

 this drama was being enacted more valuable 

 discoveries were made by others. The 

 senior geologist, in company with a body^ 

 guard, had studiously applied his tasting facul^ 

 ties over a wide range of vegetable products, 



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