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the ice. I remember one group in particular, the gro 

 tesqueness of which was remarkable. It consisted of a 

 gracefully-formed pelican of ice, escorted by a huge water- 

 jug, and both apparently surrounded by barn-door fowls. 

 All round these were multitudes of the most queerly- 

 shaped monsters : you can hardty mention one family of 

 animals which did not seem to have its icy representative, 



THE SPITZBERGEN ICE-STREAM. 



the oddity of their forms causing as much amusement as 

 the beauty of their tints occasioned admiration. 



Having passed through this ice-stream, we still con- 

 tinued our landward course. Finding, however, by the 

 afternoon of the 18th July, that we could not get sight of 

 the shore, we shortened sail, let down steam, and lay-to 

 till the fog should clear off and show us our position. 



