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and Samandre until past one A.M., and 

 their spirits were so much revived by the 

 employment, that they conversed even 

 cheerfully the whole time. Adam sat up 

 with them. The Doctor, Hepburn, and 

 myself, went to bed. We were afterwards 

 agreeably surprised to see Peltier and Sa- 

 mandre carry three or four logs of wood 

 across the room to replenish the fire, which 

 induced us to hope they still possessed 

 more strength than we had supposed. 



November 1. — This day was line and 

 mild. Hepburn went hunting, but was as 

 usual unsuccessful. As his strength was 

 rapidly declining, we advised him to desist 

 from the pursuit of deer, and only to go 

 * out for a short time, and endeavour to kill 

 a few partridges for Peltier and Samandre. 

 The Doctor obtained a little tripe de roche, 

 but Peltier could not eat any of it, and Sa- 

 mandre only a few spoonfuls, owing to the 

 soreness of their throats. In the afternoon 

 Peltier was so much exhausted, that he sat 

 up with difficulty, and looked piteously ; at 

 length he slided from his stool upon his 



