( H7 ). 

 tpgethei: in t|ie fame canoe. The oar 

 w^s iriy lot, as ufual, as alfo Mr. Camp- 

 bell's J Mr. Hamilton could not row, 

 aii4 captain Cheap was out of the quef^ 

 l|pi^ \ our furgeon was more dead thai^ 

 alive at the time, and lay at the botton^ 

 of the canoe he wa? in. The weathe^ 

 coming on too bad for their canoes to 

 Ificep the fea, we landed again, without 

 making gJ'eat progrefs that day. Here 

 Mr. Elliot, our furgeon, died. At our 

 firft fctting put, he promifed the faireft 

 for holding put, being a very ftrong, ac- 

 tive young man : he had gone through 

 an infinite deal of fatigue, as Mr. Ha- 

 milton and he were the beft fliots^ 

 gmpngft us, and whilft our ammunition 

 lafted never fpared themfelves, and in a 

 great meafure provided for the reft ; but 

 he died the death many others had done 

 before him, being quite ftarved. We 

 fcraped a hole for him in the fand, and 

 feuried him in the beft manner we could. 



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