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fatigue of our next day’s journey, so that I felt his 
resolution to be prudent, I was sensible that his deter- 
mination to remain, was mainly prompted by the dis- 
interested and generous wish to remove impediments 
to the progress of the rest of the party. Dr. Rithard- 
son and Hepburn, who were both ina state of strength 
to keep pace with the men, beside this motive which 
they shared with him, were influenced in their resolu- 
tion to remain ; the former by the desire which had 
distinguished his character, uhroughout the expedition, 
of devoting himself to the succor of the weak, and 
the latter by the zealous attachment he had ever 
shewn towards his officers. 
We set out without waiting to take any of the 
tripe de roche, and walked at a tolerable pace, and in 
an hour arrived ata fine group of pines, about a mile 
and a quarter from the tent. We sincerely regretted 
not having seen these before we had separated from 
our companions, as they would have been better sup- 
plied with fuel here, and there appeared to be more 
tripe de roche than where we had left them. 
Descending afterwards into a more level country, 
we found the snow very deep, and the labor of wading 
through it so fatigued the whole party, that we were 
compelled to encamp, after a march of four miles and 
ahalf. Belanger and Michel were left far behind, 
_ and when they arrived at the encampment appeared » 
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