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ter were now greatly swelled. They came into the 
house frequently in the course of the day to rest them- 
selves, and when once seated, were unable to rise with- 
out the help of one another, or of a stick, Adam was 
for the most part in the same low state as yesterday, 
but sometimes he surprised us by getting up and walk- 
ing with an appearance of increased strength. His 
looks were now wild and ghastly, and his conversation 
was often incoherent. 
The nextday was fine, but very cold. The swellings 
in Adam’s limbs having subsided, he was free from 
pain, and arose this morning in much better spirits, 
and spoke of cleaning his gun ready for shooting par- 
tridges, or any animals that might appear near the 
house, but his tone entirely changed before the day 
was half over ; he became again dejected, and could 
scarcely be prevailed upon to eat. The Doctor and 
Hepburn were almost exhausted. The cutting of one 
log of wood occupied the latter half an hour ; and the 
other took as much time to drag it into the house, 
though the distance did not exceed thirty yards. I 
endeavored to help the Doctor, but my assistance was 
very trifling. Yet it was evident that, in a day or 
two, if their strength should continue to decline at 
the same rate, I should be the strongest of the party. 
i may here remark, that owing to our loss of flesh, 
the hardness of the floor, from which we were only 
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