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gone down some, but it was still blowing so hard as to make 

 traveling very difficult. The morning was clear, however, 

 and a considerable distance could be seen. Hunt and Zane 

 gazed on the place which the night before had been one sheet 

 of ice, and saw that it was now clear water with no ice in 

 sight. They walked along the beach about a mile until they 

 came to a bluff which they knew it would have been impos- 

 sible to pass on a sled, and satisfied themselves that he was 



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GOING FOR PUTNAM. 



not on the beach. It was almost certain that he had camped 

 on the ice and been carried to sea with it. The only chance 

 for his safety seemed to be that the wind would spring up 

 from the southward and drive the ice in shore, or that it 

 would become calm and allow the new ice to form between 

 the old and the shore, so that the unfortunate man could 

 walk over it. 



The next day, 13th, Hunt and Zane with the three natives 



