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pentance, as were two other clays thereafter, 

 for when we looked out from our hole in the 

 rocks ail nature was hid in a shiftins: veil, 

 snow on the peaks, and heavy drenching rain 

 in the valley. 



So here we were mewed np, on a short 

 allowance of bread, with nothing to read, 

 little to talk about, nothing to do, and not 

 room by two feet to stand upright in. If we 

 would not be frozen we must keep up a fire, 

 and if we would not be blinded by wood- 

 smoke we must let the fire out and submit 

 to be frozen. As we had no chano-es of gar- 

 ments, when we wanted to go out we took off 

 our clothes and stood outside to wash in the 

 considerable stream which ran down over the 

 roof of our prison. Frank amused himself 

 making pipes, I learnt bread-making until 

 the maize was all gone ; the men for the most 

 part smoked or slept, and to eke out our 

 rations ate very sparingly. 



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