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great heat. He did not perfectly recover the sensa- 
tion of that side until the following summer. © I can- 
not describe what every one felt at beholding the 
skeleton which the Doctor’s debilitated frame exhibi- 
ted. When he stripped, the Canadians simultaneous- 
ly exclaimed, ‘“ Ah que nous sommes maigres.” I 
shall best explain his state and that of the party, by 
the following extract from his journal: “It may be 
worthy of remark, that I would have had little hesita- 
tion in any former period of my life, of plunging’ into 
water even below 38° Fahrenheit ; but at this time 
I was reduced almost to skin and bone, and like the 
rest of the party, suffered from degrees of.cold that 
would .have been disregarded whilst in health and 
vigor, During the whole of our march we experienced 
that no quantity of clothing could keep us warm 
whilst we fasted, but on those occasions on which we 
were enabled to go to bed with full stomachs, we 
passed the night in a warm and comfortable manner.” 
In following the detail of our friend’s narrow escape, 
T have omitted to mention, that when he was about to 
step into the water, he put his foot ona dagger, which 
cut him to the bone; but this misfortune could not 
stop him from attempting the execution of his gene- 
ous undertaking. 
In the evening Augustus came in. He had walked 
a day and a half beyond the plaee from whence we 
