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far overcame some of his men, who had attempt¬ 
ed to climb an adjoining hill, that they could not 
proceed, but lying down fell fast asleep, where 
they remained until some of their comrades, by an 
uncommon effort of perseverance and fatigue, for¬ 
tunately succeeded in discovering them. The 
power of the sun was such as to occasion a very 
painful degree of ophthalmic inflammation, which 
they did not recover for several days. The mos¬ 
quitoes, which were very numerous, likewise added 
to the inconveniences they suffered from the heat, 
by biting them with great severity. It is a re¬ 
markable fact, that while the wind on the surface 
of the water, in Hurry’s Inlet, blew a smart gale, 
on the top of the hills it was a stark calm. 
The effect of the heat on the ground was such, 
that in some places where the Fame’s people dis¬ 
covered turf, it was so dry that it lit with a 
match, and afforded them a ready fire. By this 
means, some of the sailors, in one of their long 
excursions, who had been more provident than 
the rest, in taking out the necessary vessels and 
materials, boiled their coffee-pots, and cooked such 
victuals as the success of their sporting supplied 
them with. This proved an unfortunate contri¬ 
vance for our zoological collection; for several ducks, 
partridges, and other birds that they had shot, in¬ 
stead of being carefully preserved and brought on 
