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DOG-SLEDGING. 



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possible, we lowered the sledge over ; unfortunately 

 our backing ropes were not long enough, but there 

 was nothing for it but to let go, trusting to Providence 

 for the rest; the sledge being uncommonly strong 



SLEDGE LOWERED OVER HUMMOCK.* 



stood the blow it received at the bottom splendidly. 

 After getting the sledge over a short distance of the 

 boulder ice Ave came to a lane of perfectly smooth ice 

 running along just underneath the cliffy wall of ice 

 formed by the grounded hummocks and floebergs, the 



