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only means of saving their own lives, as well as those 
of our friends at the tent ; and, after much entreaty, 
got them to set out at ten A.M.: Belanger.and Michel 
were left at the encampment, and proposed to start 
shortly afterwards. By the time we had gone about 
two hundred yards, Perrault became again dizzy, and 
desired us to halt, which we did, until he, recovering, 
proposed to march on. Ten minutes more had hardly 
elapsed before he again desired us to stop, and, burst- 
ing into tears, declared Ke was totally exhausted, and 
unable to accompany us further. As the encampment 
was not more than a quarter of a mile distant, we pro- 
posed that he should return to it, and rejoin Belanger 
and Michel, whom we knew to be still there, from 
perceiving the smoke of a fresh fire ; and because they 
had not made any preparation for starting when we 
left them. He readily acquiesced in the proposition, 
and having taken a friendly leave of each of us, and 
enjoined us to make all the haste we could in sending 
relief, he turned back, keeping his gun and ammuni- 
tion. "We-watched him until he was near to the fire, 
and then proceeded. During these detentions, Augus- 
tus becoming impatient of the delay, had walked on, 
and we lost sight of him. The labor we experienced 
in wading through the deep snow induced us to cross 
a moderate sized lake, which lay in our track, but we 
found this operation far more harassing. As.the sur- 
