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The snow storm continued all the night, and during 
the forenoon of the 3d. Having persuaded the people 
to gather some tripe de roche, I partook of a meal 
with them; and afterwards set out with the inten- 
tion of going to St. Germain to hasten his operations, 
but though he was only three-quarters of a mile dis- 
tant, I spent three hours in a vain attempt to reach 
him, my strength being unequal to the labor of wad- 
ing through the deep snow ; and I returned quite ex- 
hausted, and much shaken by the numerous falls I 
had got. My associates were all in the same debilita- 
ted state,.and poor Hood was reduced to a perfect: 
shadow, from the severe bowel complaints which the 
tripe de roche never failed to give him. Back was so 
feeble as to require the support of a stick in walking ; 
and Dr, Richardson had lameness superadded to weak- 
ness. The voyagers were somewhat. stronger than 
ourselves, but more indisposed to exertion, on account 
of their despondency.. The sensation of hunger was 
no longer felt by any of. us, yet we were scarcely able 
to converse upon any other subject than the pleasures 
of eating. We were much indebted to Hepburn at 
this crisis. The officers were unable from weakness 
to gather tripe de roche themselves, and Samandré, 
who had acted as our cook on the journey from the 
coast, sharing in the despair of the rest of the Cana- 
dians, refused to make the slightest exertions. Hep- 
