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meafure forget his misfortunes* I doubt 
much whether he recovered after the defpe- 
rate condition in which I faw him ; but if it 
was poffible for him to get better, I think 
this moral remedy muft have contributed 
not a little towards hi$ relief Can there 
be any fate more cruel than that of feeing 
onefelf deferred by one's friends and neareft 
relations, and banifhed from fociety like an 
abandoned carcafe, the fight of which ex- 
cites horror ? Each related thefe particulars 
after his own manner, and accompanied 
them with thanks ; which were the more 
fincere in proportion as thefe people were 
more nearly conneflied v/ith my patient, ei- 
ther by the ties of blood or friendfliip. 
The proceffion did not ceafe till the after- 
noon of the fecond day, whem thefe worthy 
Gonaquas took leave of my camp to return 
to their horde. I could not help recom- 
mending my patient to them in the moft 
earneft manner ; and I told them that the 
care they might take of him would be the 
moft flattering mark of efteem and refpe£t 
they could confer upon me. I charged Na^ 
rina in particular to carry him, in my name, 
a fmall provifion of tobacco ; I then gave a 
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