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ARCTIC SEAS. 



above the trough of the sea. The shocks became alarm- 

 ingly heavy; it was necessary to steer head on to the 

 Swell, which was sufficient to send the waves in showers 

 of spray over an iceberg sixty feet high, as they slowly 

 passed alongside. 



THE EDGE OF A PACX. 



Gradually, as the day wore on, the swell increased into 

 a sea; but still, as by magic, they escaped all contact 

 with any but the young ice, and, by tha afternoon, found 

 the latter become more loose, and clear spaS<5D of v/ater 



