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by the evening was sufficiently recovered 

 to remove into the tent. We then regretted 

 to learn, that the skin of his whole left side 

 was deprived of feeling, in consequence of 

 exposure to too great heat. He did not 

 perfectly recover the sensation of that side 

 until the following summer. I cannot de- 

 scribe what every one felt at beholding the 

 skeleton which the Doctor's debilitated 

 frame exhibited. When he stripped, the 

 Canadians simultaneously exclaimed, " Ah! 

 que nous sommes maigres!" I shall best 

 explain his state and that of the party, by 

 the following extract from his journal: " It 

 may be worthy of remark that I should 

 have had little hesitation in any former 

 period of my life, at plunging into water 

 even below 38° Fahr. ; but at this time I 

 was reduced almost to skin and bone, and, 

 like the rest of the party, suffered from 

 degrees of cold that would have been dis- 

 regarded in health and vigour. During the 

 whole of our march we experienced that no 

 quantity of clothing could keep us warm 

 whilst we fasted, but on those occasions on 



