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should be of less use than we expect ; and if we should 

 come to worse ice instead of better well, we should 

 only have ourselves to trust to. But if we can just get 

 so far on with the Frain that the distance left to be 



BLOCK OF ICE (SEPTEMBER 28, 1894). 



covered is at all a reasonable one, I believe that it is my 

 duty to make the venture, and I cannot imagine any 

 difficulty that will not be overcome when our choice lies 

 between death and onward and home ! " 



