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Streights of La Maire

Janry 1769

at the shortest allowance could not furnish half a meal & to compleat our misfortunes we were caught in a snow storm in a climate we were utterly unaquainted with but which we had reason to beleive was as inhospitable as any in the world not only from all the accounts we had heard or read but from the Quantity of snow which we saw falling tho it was very little after midsummer a circumstance unheard of in Europe for even in Norway or Lapland snow is never known to fall in the summer

17. The Morning now dawnd & shewd us the earth coverd with snow as well as all the tops of the trees nor were the snow squalls at all less Frequent for seldom many minutes were fair together we had no hopes now but of staying here as long as the snow lasted & how long that would be God alone knew

About 6 O'Clock the sun came out a little & we immediately thought of sending to see whether the poor wretches we had been so anzious about last night were yet alive three of our people went but soon returnd with the melancholy news of their being both dead

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