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JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



At the same time we took the opportunity 

 of refreshing ourselves with a kettle of 

 swamp tea. 



My increasing debility had for some time 

 obliged me to use a stick for the purpose 

 of extending my arms ; the pain in my 

 shoulders being so acute, that I could not 

 bear them to remain in the usual position 

 for two minutes together. We halted at 

 five among some small brushwood, and 

 made a sorry meal of an old pair of leather 

 trowsers, and some swamp tea. 



The night was cold, with a hard frost, 

 and though two persons slept together, yet 

 we could not by any means keep ourselves 

 warm, but remained trembling the whole 

 time. The following morning we crossed 

 several lakes, occasionally seeing the recent 

 tracks of deer, and at noon we fell upon 

 Marten Lake ; it happened to be at the 

 exact spot where we had been the last year 

 with the canoes, yet, though I immediately 

 recognised the place, the men would not 

 believe it to be the same ; at length, by 

 pointing out several marks, and relating 



