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Streights of La Maire

go any further & when told that if he did not he must be Froze to death only answerd that there he would lay &  dye the Dr on the contrary said that he must sleep a little before he could go on & actualy did full a quarter of an hour at which time we had the welcome news of a fire being lit about a quarter of a mile ahead I then undertook to make the Dr Proceed to it finding it impossible to make Richmond stir left two hands with him who seemd the least affected with Cold promising to send two to releive them as soon as I should reach the fire with much difficulty I got the Dr to it & as soon as two people were sufficiently warmd sent them out in hopes that they would bring Richmond & the rest after staying about half an hour they returnd bringing word that they had been all round the place shouting & hallowing but could not get any answer we now guess'd the cause of the mischeif a bottle of rum the whole of our stock was missing & we soon concluded that it was in one of their Knapsacks & that the two who were left in health had drank immoderately of it & had slept like the other

 

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