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an act, kept constantly on his guard, and carefully 
avoided leaving Hepburn and me together. He was 
evidently afraid of permitting us to converst in private, 
and whenever Hepburn spoke, he inquired if he accu- 
sed him of the murder. It is to be remarked, that he 
understood English very imperfectly, yet sufficient to 
render it unsafe for us to speak on the subject in his 
presence., We removed the body into a clump of 
willows behind the tent, and, returning to the fire, 
read the funeral service in addition to the evening 
prayers. The loss of a young officer, of such distin- 
guished and varied talents and application, may be 
felt and duly appreciated by the eminent characters 
under whose command he had served ; but the calm- 
ness with which he contemplated the probable termi- 
nation of a life of uncommon promise ; and the patience 
and fortitude with which he sustained, I may venture - 
to say, unparalleled bodily sufferings, can only be 
known to the companions of his distresses. Owing to 
the effect that the tripe de roche invariably had, when 
he ventured to taste it, he undoubtedly suffered more 
than any of the survivors of the party. Bickersteth's 
Scripture Help was lying open beside the body, as if 
it had fallen from his hand, and it is probable that he 
" was reading it at the instant of his death. We pass-’ 
ed the night in the tent together without rest, every 
one being on his guard. Next day, having determined 
