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boiling for beer: this liquor, together with snow, 

 we applied so successfully within doors, and also 

 from without, through a hole made in the roof, 

 that we soon extinguished the flames ; and thereby 

 saved our lives from the most terrible of all 

 deaths; the want of food. 



Monday, March 15, 1779. Daubeny went to 

 Table Bay, and might have had a good shot at a 

 wolf, if his gun had been ready. Collingham went 

 to North Harbour and killed three grouse. I went 

 round my eastern walk, and killed four grouse. 

 Great plenty of foxes had been going everywhere, 

 but the traps were all drifted up, and they kill 

 such plenty of grass mice, that they are not very 

 eager for dead baits. This evening we drank the 

 last drop of rum. 



It froze sharply all day, yet the sky being pretty 

 clear, the weather was quite warm; and I saw 

 some water on a rock, made by the melting of the 

 snow, for the first time this year. 



Wednes., March 17, 1779. I had reserved a 

 small quantity of brandy for the people to cele- 

 brate St. Patrick's Day with, and now let them 

 have it for that purpose. 



Sunday, March 28, 1779. At noon Mr. Daubeny 

 returned, and one of Mr. Coghlan's people with 

 him. From this man I learned, that their crew, 

 consisting of three hands, had killed but eleven 

 foxes and one deer: and that the other crew of 

 three hands at Black-bear Bay, had killed but 

 three foxes. Mr. Daubeny brought with him a 

 medal, which William Phippard picked up last 



