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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, offered to march on. 

 Ten minutes more had hardly elapsed be- 

 fore he again desired us to stop, and, burst- 

 ing into tears, declared^J^e was totally ex- 

 hausted and unablelc) accompany us further. 

 As the encampment was not more than a 

 quarter of a mile distant, we recommended 

 that he should return to it, and rejoin Be- 

 langer 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 quit- 

 ted 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 re- 

 lief, he turned back, keeping his gun and 

 ammunition. We watched him until he 

 was nearly at the fire, and then proceeded. 

 During these detentions, Augustus becoming 

 impatient of the delay had walked on, and 

 we lost sight of him. The labour we expe- 



