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`` We have lost ourselves , but God has not lost us . '' `` Let it be so , '' replied Berselius . Adams collected what provisions he could carry , tied the skull to his belt with a piece of rope taken from the tent , and led the way amidst the trees . Two days later , at noon , still lost , unutterably weary , they saw through the trees before them a sight to slay all hope . It was the tent and the litter just as they had left them . Two days ' heart-breaking labour had brought them to this by all sorts of paths . They had not wandered in a circle .