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burn well, in the evening we began to dig a hole 

 in the snow, intending to lie there; just as it was 

 finished, and the marine still at work in it, the top 

 feU in upon him. We dug him out with all expe- 

 dition, but his back was much hurt by being 

 pressed double. We then cleared out the hole, 

 laid trees and boughs across it, and covered them 

 with snow; Mr. Bullock and I then crept into it, 

 and slept there, wrapped in ni}^ boat-cloak, and 

 were warmer than we should have been by the 

 fire. But as we were very wet, and our lodging 

 room leaked greatly, I must confess we should 

 have been more comfortable in our beds at home. 

 We tailed two traps by the brook side. 



[A little later the Captain and Mr. Bullock, and 

 Fogarty set out for St. Modest, — forty miles 

 away.] 



Tuesday^ March 17, 1772. One of the dogs hav- 

 ing given us the slip last night (which was no bad 

 proof of his understanding) at day-light I sent 

 Fogarty back for him to Mr. Hewet's [at Temple 

 Bay]. At 10 o'clock he returned, and Mr. Bullock 

 came with him; at the same time the wind 

 veered, and it began to blow and snow extremely 

 hard; we therefore retired into the wood and 

 made a fire. Mr. Bullock took a short walk, killed 

 a brace of grouse, and saw a wolf. Of all the bad 

 nights I ever spent out of doors, this was by far 

 the worst; fortunately for us, the timber was 

 good and very plentiful, or we must have perished. 

 Fogarty, who is a good hatchet-man, was cutting 

 wood aU night, and we were mending the fire ; but 



