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be content with looking on. While she jumped inside 

 the wall which she only succeeded in doing once or 

 twice they ran round yelling. As soon as we heard 

 their howls, we knew exactly what was happening, and 

 one of us went out, armed with a stick. It required 

 some cunning to catch her in the act, for as soon as one 

 approached, her cavaliers stopped howling, and she 

 understood that something was wrong. Her red fox's 

 head could then be seen over the top, looking round. 

 It need scarcely be said that she did not jump into the 

 arms of the man with the stick, but, as a rule, he did not 

 give up until he had caught and punished her. Fix and 

 Lasse also had their turns; it was true they had done 

 nothing wrong, but they might. They knew this, and 

 watched Snuppesen's chastisement at a distance. The 

 tent where we kept the dried fish stood always open; 

 none of them attempted to take fish. 



The sun continued its daily course, lower and lower. 

 We did not see much of it after the return from the last 

 depot journey; on April 11 it came, and vanished again 

 at once. Easter came round on the Barrier, as in other 

 parts of the globe, and had to be kept. Holidays with 

 us were marked by eating a little more than usual; 

 there was no other sign. We did not dress differently, 

 nor did we introduce any other change. In the evening 

 of a holiday we generally had a little gramophone, a 

 glass of toddy, and a cigar; but we were careful with 

 the gramophone. We knew we should soon get tired 



