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really test it, on the ninth day we went forward for 

 about six miles. The ice was all that it appeared to 

 be and worse. 



It was late in the year; we had more than thirty 

 leads behind us; a full moon was due on May 9th; we 

 had more than covered our distance. To-morrow we 

 would go back. 



