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" Some of these regulations may seem to infringe on 

 the principle of equality which I have been so anxious 

 to maintain ; but these seem to me the best arrano-e- 



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ments I can make to ensure the good of all and that 

 must come before everything else." 



" Friday, September 2ist. We have had tremendously 

 strong wind from the north-west and north for some days, 

 with a velocity at times of 39 and 42 feet. During this 

 time w r e must have drifted a good way south. ' The 

 Radical Right ' had got hold of the helm, said Amundsen ; 

 but their time in power was short ; for it fell calm yester- 

 day, and now \ve are going north again, and it looks as 

 if the ' Left ' were to have a spell at the helm, to repair 

 the wronq-s done by the ' Riq-ht.' 



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" Kennels for the dog's have been built this week a 



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row of splendid ice-houses along the port side of the 

 ship ; four dogs in each house ; good warm winter 

 quarters. In the meantime our eight little pups are 

 thriving on board ; they have a grand world to wander 

 round the whole fore-deck, with an awning over it. 

 You can hear their little barks and yelps as they rush 

 about among shavings, hand-sledges, the steam-winch, 

 mill axle, and other odds and ends. They play a little, 

 and they fight a little, and forward under the forecastle 

 they have their bed among the shavings, a very cosy 

 corner, where ' Kvik' lies stretched out like a lioness in 

 all her majesty. There they tumble over each other in a 

 heap round her, sleep, yawn, eat, and pull each other's 



