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LOST IN THE FORESTS OF ACADIA

the month they had been camped on the bank of a river
where they had fished trout in very small quantity, having
not more than four or five for their whole provision.
When we arrived where they were these were placed in
the pot with our porcupine which we ate together. Early
next morning the party started for the residence of M.
de Fronsac at the Forks of the Miramichi, but they had
hardly gone more than a mile and a half when Father Le
Clerc felt so weak and faint that he had to throw himself
down on the snow. A slight rest and some of confection
of hyacinth, however, enabled him to go on a short dis-
tance further, but at length he became so utterly
exhausted that they had to cut some wood and
make a fire to warm him. This little rest giving
him new force, and after walking a mile and
and a half further, they arrived during a
heavy fall of snow at the fort and
house of M. de Fronsac, who did
all that he could to restore
and comfort them for
the fatigue which
they had en-
dured.

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