seem at ease – he however did not complain but soon after began to lag behind[.]

In measure as we advanced on our Journey the Snow became deeper and deeper[.] To pass over some heaps we were at times obliged to unload[.] This made travelling particularly at night very unpleasant[.] About Midnight the sky darkened, the stars disappeared and a dreadful Storm ensued from the North[.] [N]ow having no Star to guide – I desired the man leading the horses to continue keeping the winds directly in his face and that I would endeavour to drive the horses after him[.] We had not advanced far in this manner when we heard the other man's voice from a distance in the rear[.] We of course waited his arrival[.] He then complained of fatigue and indisposition then threw himself down upon the snow a corps perdu exclaiming Je ne parterai jamais d’ici, ni mort ni en vie[.] We represented to him the critical Situation we were in, and the very great danger we should run by Stopping in the open plains exposed without any shelter to the Violence of the Storm[.] The poor man

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