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MEMORANDUM. 
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of the King George told Mr Gibson, who supplied hint 
with some dressings, that he had amputated thirty-five fin¬ 
gers and toes in one day [ An example was given of the 
severity of the cold, by one of the King George’s sailors, 
who stated, that a quantity of beef that was sent in the 
boats to the men upon the ice, when they first saw them, 
was taken hot out of the coppers; but before they reached 
the ice, though at no great distance, it was frozen so hard 
that they had to cut it in pieces with hatchets. 
