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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



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which was new 

 iu our experi- 

 ence. This was 

 the wealth of 

 vegetation upon 

 which it tres- 

 passed and which 

 in part took pos- 

 session of the 

 icy sea. Tlie 

 spot whence we 

 mounted upon 

 the ice, and where 

 the lateral mo- 

 raine was dis- 

 charging its car- 

 go of rock debris, 

 was a true gar- 

 den spot, lux- 

 uriant with its 

 growth of grass, 

 and smiling un- 

 der its garniture 

 of poppies, chick- 

 weed, potentil- 

 las, and gen- 

 tians; butterflies 

 flitted about in 

 the bright sun- 

 shine, whose ge- 

 nial warmth re- 

 called memories 

 of adistant south. 

 Where the great 

 nunatak, rusty 

 in its coat of 

 lichen, threw off 

 the main stream 

 into two broadly 

 diverffins: arms. 



charms 



of 



the 



glacial scenery 

 were brought 

 to their fullest 

 height. There, 

 in the midst of 



