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vexatious delay; and the same night it became evident 
that the immovability of my limbs was due to drop¬ 
sical effusion. 
“On the 5th, becoming delirious, and fainting every 
time that I was taken from the tent to the sledge, I 
succumbed entirely. I append the report of our sur¬ 
geon made upon my return. This will best exhibit the 
diseased condition of myself and party, and explain, in 
stronger terms than I can allow myself to use, the 
extent of my efforts to contend against it. tJ6) 
“ My comrades would kindly persuade me that, even 
had I continued sound, we could not have proceeded 
on our journey. The snows were very heavy, and 
increasing as we went; some of the drifts perfectly 
impassable, and the level floes often four feet deep in 
yielding snow. The scurvy had already broken out 
among the men, with symptoms like my own; and 
Morton, our strongest man, was beginning to give way. 
It is the reverse of comfort to me that they shared my 
weakness. All that I should remember with pleasu¬ 
rable feeling is, that to five brave men, Morton, Riley, 
Hickey, Stephenson, and Hans, themselves scarcely 
able to travel, I owe my preservation. They carried 
me back by forced marches, after cacheing our stores 
and Indiarrubber boat near Dallas Bay, in lat. 79°.5, 
Ion. 66°. 
“I was taken into the brig on the 14th. Since then, 
fluctuating between life and death, I have by the bless¬ 
ing of God reached the present date, and see feebly 
in prospect my recovery. Dr. Hayes regards my attack 
