We removed the body into a clump of willows behind the tent and, returning to the fire, read the funeral service in addition to the evening prayers.

The loss of a young officer of such distinguished and varied talents and application may be felt and duly appreciated by the eminent characters under whose command he had served, but the calmness with which he contemplated the probable termination of a life of uncommon promise, and the patience and fortitude with which he sustained, I may venture to say, unparalleled bodily sufferings, can only be known to the companions of his distresses.

Owing to the effect that the tripe de roche invariably had when he ventured to taste it, he undoubtedly suffered more than any of the survivors of the party.

Bickersteth's Scripture Help was lying open beside the body as if it had fallen from his hand, and it is probable that he was reading it at the instant of his death.

We passed the night in the tent together without rest, everyone being on his guard.
Next day, having determined on going to the fort, we began to patch and prepare our clothes for the journey.