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Chapter VI. 



generous publishers and other friends. If the kind donors 

 could have seen us away up there, sitting round the 

 table at night with heads buried in books or collections of 

 illustrations, and could have understood how invaluable 

 these companions were to us, they would have felt 



HE.MRIKSEN. 



SVERDRUP. 



A SMOKE IN THE GALLEY OF THE " FRAM." 



rewarded by the knowledge that they had conferred 

 a real boon that they had materially assisted in making 

 the Fram the little oasis that it was in this vast ice 

 desert. About half-past seven or eight cards or other 

 games were brought out, and we played well on into the 



