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the men, I determined to see them myself. Dr. Judd and I there- 

 fore set out on the morning of the 26th ; and when about two miles 

 from the summit, we met Lieutenant Alden, Dr. Pickering, and 

 Mr. Eld, who were coming up to see me, to report the condition of the 

 men. The account they gave of them was any thing but cheering. 

 On the arrival of Lieutenant Alden, I had directed that he should 

 take an intermediate post between Lieutenant Budd's Recruiting 

 Station and the summit crater, in order that the men belonging to one 

 station might be able to bring up their loads and return before night. 

 This, Lieutenant Alden informed me, he had done : his station was 

 at the height of eleven thousand eight hundred feet. 



I now saw more strongly the necessity of iiay going down, in order 

 to ascertain the exact situation of things, give the men encourage- 

 ment, and renew the spirit with which they had left the ship, as 

 volunteers. I have always found that sailors are easily encouraged ; 

 and by putting a light heart and cheerful face upon the times, they 

 quickly reassume their good spirit ; and this I found to be the case 

 in the present instance. 



We parted ; Lieutenant Alden, Dr. Pickering, and Mr. Eld going 

 up to the terminal crater, while Dr. Judd and myself continued to 

 descend for about four miles. There we found a large number of men 

 in a temporary tent, lying on the panels of the portable houses : some 

 of them were suffering from mountain-sickness, others vomiting; some 

 had attacks of diarrhoea, others had not got over their forced march, 

 and showed me their bleeding feet and shoeless condition ; all were 

 looking half-savage, with overgrown beards, dirty and ragged clothes, 

 — so totally different from their trim and neat appearance on board 

 ship, that I was shocked at the change produced in so short a time. 



Whilst Dr. Judd administered to the sick, I spoke to those who 

 were well, and succeeded in animating them : they all assured me 

 they were "good pluck," and such I afterwards found them. They 

 set about mending their shoes and making sandals ; and by the next 

 day, many were transporting small loads up the mountain side. 



Poor Longley had shelter in the hollow of a rock, under a sail, 

 carefully attended by four of his messmates. It was aflFecting to see 

 these simple-hearted fellows depressed in spirits, and looking as if 

 cast away, superintending the sick man with all the care possible, 

 illy provided with things to make him comfortable, yet contented to 

 wait until they could receive relief This we promised would reach 

 them before night. 



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