I therefore squatted down, in a state of the most abject wretchedness.
CRIPPLED STATE OF THE MEN.
I nearly expired from cold and pain during this inclement night; the rheumatism in the hip in which I had been wounded was dreadful, and I lost the power of moving my extremities from cold.

Kaiber must have suffered even more for he had nothing but a shirt on, whereas I had also a pair of trousers.

The men were in somewhat better condition for they had a blanket, or rather a piece of one, between each two, and lying together they afforded one another mutual warmth.

The long starvation which we had undergone had totally unfitted us all to cope with anything like cold.
April 19.
The rain and clouds protracted the morning dawn until late, which somewhat lengthened our miseries.

As soon however as it was light enough to see our way we started, and moved slowly onwards in a south by east direction.