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care not in what they go; but / do, and, indeed, 

 such a boat would be too small for us." 



The ist of June was the day appointed for the 

 start, but various delays occurred which retarded 

 this until the 6th, when the journal which follows 

 tells its own tale. 



Of all the members of the party Mr. Joseph 



Coolidge, now (1897) living in San Francisco, is the 



sole survivor. 



M. R. A. 



