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render it unsafe for us to speak on the sub- 

 ject 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 dis- 

 tinguished and varied talents and applica- 

 tion, maybe felt and duly appreciated , by 

 the eminent characters under whose com- 

 mand he had served ; but the calmness 

 with which he contemplated the probable 

 termination of a life of uncommon promise, 

 and the patience and fortitude with which 

 he sustained, I may venture to say, un- 

 paralleled bodily sufferings, can only be 

 known to the companions of his distresses. 

 Owing to the effect that the tripe de rocke 

 invariably had, when he ventured to taste 

 it, he undoubtedly suffered more than any 

 of the survivors of the party. Bicker stetJi 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 passed the night 

 in the tent together without rest, every one 



