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as he rose, he walked round in circles, then struck westward, instead of the direction of the vessel. This certainly shows that the dog had not answered the purpose as guide to poor John.
"How unfortunate this young man, John Brown, has been in this matter! Had he listened to the advice of either Captain B or his own companion, or to the warnings of the two Innuits, Charley and Koojesse, this sad end of his life which I now record would not have been made.
"His age, I understand, was eighteen at the time of his death. His parents reside in France.
"'Requiescat in pace.'"
PARHELIA, OR MOCK SUNS,
seen at Field Bay, March 14, 1861.
