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successive days, that it was pleasant to have pause and lie 

 still in one place, if only for an hour or two. 



I lay about amongst the coal-tubs on deck, and drank 

 in the view at leisure. The chilly air presently drove me 

 below into the deserted cabin. I measured and made a 

 plan of it. In area it was about twice the size of a grand 



BELL MOUNTAIN FROM LOW SOUND. 



piano where it was broadest, that is to say, above the shelf ! 

 Floor, seats, and shelves were occupied by a chaos of 

 things — bottles, sleeping bags, cooking utensils, spirit tins, 

 baggage, coats, rugs, botany presses, various tins, cameras, 

 charts, sketching blocks, changing bags, geological hammers 

 and specimens, instruments, guns, cartridge-boxes, books, 

 food, plates, and countless boots, long and short. This 



