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plished without incident, and by ten in the morning we were 

 at camp, awakening the drowsy Carl, and clamouring for 

 food. The passage of the Ivory Gate of Spitsbergen was 

 accomplished, and the first stage of the return. Down- 

 pourings of rain, that presently set in, were the final 

 instance of the day's good luck, for they might have come 

 sooner. 



