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59 horse. At the conclusion of the game the victorious party take possession of the stakes & divide them among the winners - No one is permitted to become angry or to take offence at any crossed out - ill rough treatment he may receive - The 1st July tested the efficiency of our tents, a violent storm arose & pelted furiously over our heads, attended by a sweeping blast which threatened to overthrow our tents & tear them to pieces - All hands stood to the tent-poles which quivered like aspen stems, & succeeded in holding them fast until the abatement of the storm. Thanks to the sailmaker & his patron St Paul, they leaked not, & like a ship which has weathered Cape horn, unclear tents were considered proved as we are not likely to meet so severe a crossed out - one blow soon again.