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near iis, evidently intending to swim in onr company. 

 AYe dispersed as raucli as possible, springing over the 

 ice-crust, througli whicli the alpenstock constantly broke, 

 follov^'ed by the rustling and flapping caused by the 



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monster. Had any one fallen in, it would have been im- 

 possible to have pulled him out again. Fortunately, 

 near Cape "Wynn, a screen of old ice relieved us of our 

 pursuer. These creatures can break through ice six inches 

 thick, and strike the exact spot where they last saw tlieir 

 enemy. 



From here to the ship (five to six nautical miles) the 

 ice, being thicker, had not suffered from the storm, whilst 

 an intense yellow Aurora covered the greater part of the 

 heavens, its brightness resembling that of the moon in 

 her first quarter. "We reached the winter harbour at 



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