LABRADOR JOURNAL 111 



the only marks of (listinctioii were 1113' hat and 

 complexion. 



SiDuJaij, July 12, 1772. I was so extremely ill 

 all this day, as to be obliged to keep my bed. 

 Now, indeed, mv situation was trulv wretehed! 

 My bed lay on the wet ground in a small tent, 

 so close as to admit but little air, and the heat was 

 equal to that of a cucmnber frame; whilst the 

 steam occasioned hj the moisture extracted from 

 the earth, kept a continual dropping from the top. 

 I had nothing to eat but salted beef and pork, and 

 nothing proper to give me relief. I had no one 

 near me to whom I could make known my com- 

 plaints, except the Indians, with whose language 

 I was but little acquainted. They seemed how- 

 ever to be really affected with my situation, 

 though without the knowledge of administering 

 relief; nor were thev sensible that a continual 

 noise could disturb a sick person. After it was 

 dark they gave me a convincing proof of their 

 attachment (which T would most gladly have ex- 

 cused) by assembling in and about the tent near- 

 est to mine, and there performing some super- 

 stitious ceremonies for my recovery. As T was 

 not an eye witness of their rites, T can only say 

 that they were accompanied with such horrid 

 yells and hideous outci-ies, as T never before had 

 heard from the mouths of the human species. 

 These dismal notes were continued till day-light; 

 add to this, their dogs were incessantly fighting, 

 and tumbling ii])o)i my tenl. 



[Cartwright soon i-ec(»\ci'c(l, althojiigh a cough, 



