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It was not yet dark, and in the lingering twilight he groped about among the rocks for shreds of dry moss. When he had gathered a heap he built a fire,  a smouldering, smudgy fire,  and put a tin pot of water on to boil. IT WAS NOT YET DARK AND IN THE LINGERING TWILIGHT HE GROPED ABOUT AMONG THE ROCKS FOR SHREDS OF DRY MOSS WHEN HE HAD GATHERED A HEAP HE BUILT A FIRE A SMOULDERING SMUDGY FIRE AND PUT A TIN POT OF WATER ON TO BOIL
own and died. And as the dim ball of the sun sank slowly into the northwest he covered every inch--and many times--of his and Bill's flight south before the downcoming winter. And he conned the grub of the cache and the grub of the Hudson Bay Company post over and over again. He had not eaten for two days; for a far longer time he had not had all he wanted to eat. Often he stooped and picked pale muskeg berries, put them into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed them. A muskeg berry is a bit of seed enclosed in a bit of water. In the mouth the water melts away and the seed chews sharp and bitter. The man knew there was no nourishment in the berries, but he chewed them patiently with a hope greater than knowledge and defying experience. At nine o'clock he stubbed his toe on a rocky ledge, and from sheer weariness and weakness staggered and fell. He lay for some time, without movement, on his side. Then he slipped out of the pack-straps and clumsily dragged himself into a sitting posture. D HE WOULD HAVE LAIN DOWN AND DIED AND AS THE DIM BALL OF THE SUN SANK SLOWLY INTO THE NORTHWEST HE COVERED EVERY INCH AND MANY TIMES OF HIS AND BILL'S FLIGHT SOUTH BEFORE THE DOWNCOMING WINTER AND HE CONNED THE GRUB OF THE CASH AND THE GRUB OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY POST OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE HAD NOT EATEN FOR TWO DAYS FOR A FAR LONGER TIME HE HAD NOT HAD ALL HE WANTED TO EAT OFTEN HE STOOPED AND PICKED PALE MUSKEG BERRIES PUT THEM INTO HIS MOUTH AND CHEWED AND SWALLOWED THEM A MUSKEG BERRY IS A BIT OF SEED ENCLOSED IN A BIT OF WATER IN THE MOUTH THE WATER MELTS AWAY AND THE SEED CHEWS SHARP AND BITTER THE MAN KNEW THERE WAS NO NOURISHMENT IN THE BERRIES BUT HE CHEWED THEM PATIENTLY WITH A HOPE GREATER THAN KNOWLEDGE AND A FINE EXPERIENCE AT NINE O'CLOCK HE STUBBED HIS TOE ON A ROCKY LEDGE AND FROM SHEER WEARINESS AND WEAKNESS STAGGERED AND FELL HE LAY FOR SOME TIME WITHOUT MOVEMENT ON HIS SIDE THEN HE SLIPPED OUT OF THE PACK STRAPS AND CLUMSILY DRAGGED HIMSELF INTO A SITTING POSTURE
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