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clear, but it was not before two in the 

 afternoon that we set out ; and the one was 

 so weak, and the other so full of complaints, 

 that we did not get more than three-quar- 

 ters of a mile from our last encampment, 

 before we were obliged to put up; but in 

 this distance we were fortunate enough to 

 kill a partridge, the bones of which were 

 eaten, and the remainder reserved for baits 

 to fish with. We, however, collected suffi- 

 cient tripe de roche to make a meal ; and I 

 anxiously awaited Belanger's return, to 

 know what course to take. I was now so 

 much reduced, that my shoulders were as 

 if they would fall from my body, my legs 

 seemed unable to support me, and in the 

 disposition in which I then found myself, 

 had it not been for the remembrance of my 

 friends behind, who relied on me for relief, 

 as well as the persons of whom I had 

 charge, I certainly should have preferred 

 remaining where I was, to the miserable 

 pain of attempting to move. 



October 16. — We waited until two in the 

 afternoon for Belanger ; but not seeing any 



