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Ourselves patience to wait ; 'twill bring us to the Pole, 

 And home the next spring, never fear ! " 



There were many more poems, amongst others one 

 giving some account of the principal events of the last 

 weeks, in this style: 



" Bears are seen, and dogs are born, 



Cakes are baked, both small and large ; 



Henriksen, he does not fall, 



Spite of bear's most violent charge ; 



Mogstad with his rifle clicks, 



Jacobsen with long lance sticks," 



ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ' FRAMSJAA. 



I. PROMENADE IN TIMES OF PEACE, WITH SVERDRUP's 



PATENT FOOT-GEAR. 



and so on. There was a long ditty on the subject of the 

 41 Dog Rape on board the Frain : " 



.. 



Up and down on a night so cold, 

 Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, 



