provided with ſome of it. With this ſtock of eatables, our moſt neceſſary requiſite was water, which we were obliged to ſend for to a diſtance of 1000 toiſes. Such a ſupper as this certainly required a good appetite.
As we were ſeven in number, we had not much to fear from the natives. We however ſettled it that every one ſhould ſtand upon watch in his turn, that we might be informed of their motions in caſe any of them ſhould come near us.
The ſeverity of the cold obliged us to quit our hut and lie down to ſleep round the fire.
28th. As ſoon as it was day we went out with our guns, to endeavour to ſhoot ſomething for our breakfaſt. We ſoon killed a couple of rooks, which were immediately broiled and eaten, as if they had been the moſt delicate food.
We had been obliged to reduce ourſelves to a very moderate allowance on the preceding evening, that we might have means of ſubſiſtence for the following day; but we found, when it was too late, that the perſon to whom we had intruſted the care of our proviſions, was not to be depended upon, for of the ſix biſcuits that had been committed to his charge, only four were left. Had he carried his breach of truſt a little farther, we ſhould have been obliged to return to the ſhips immediately, with the mortification of be-
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