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 erected his wooden blockhoue he omitted to open the ports and loopholes.

a garrion was tationed at Port Egrnont, it was neceary to try what utenance the ground could be by culture excited to produce. A garden was prepared, but the plants that prung up, withered away in immaturity. Some fir-feeds were own; but though this be the native tree of rugged climates, the young firs that roe above the ground died like weaker herbage. The cold continued long, and the ocean eldom was at ret.

ucceeded better than vegetables. Goats, heep, and hogs, that were carried thither, were found to thrive and increae as in other places.

Nil mortalibus arduum et. There is nothing which human courage will not undertake, and little that human patience will not endure. The garrion lived upon