The men were all completely crippled from the cold of the night, and it was with the greatest difficulty I could get either them or the native to move.

My own energies were however only raised from these calls upon them, and I cheered them on as well as I could.

Corporal Coles, my faithful and tried companion in all my wanderings, could scarcely crawl along.

The flesh was completely torn away from one of his heels, and the irritation caused by this had produced a large swelling in the groin.

Nothing but his own strong fortitude, aided by the encouragement given him by myself and his comrades, could have made him move under his great agony.
Still however we advanced slowly; other lives depended on our exertions; and whenever I reminded the men of this for a minute or two they quickened their pace.