Eider-down 
too deep for me to harpoon him. I could see 
him at the bottom, but his size was evidently 
not sufficiently large for an old bull. 
The night before my return to Ice Fjord 
Andrée and his associates in the steamer Virgo 
gave me a farewell dinner. This was dis- 
tinguished by the good fellowship that existed 
between us, and I specially remember the variety 
of the drinks consumed, all of which one was 
supposed to sample. Andrée promised me that 
evening that he would dine with me the first 
night he spent in London, should he return 
successfully from his great trip. 
On my return to Ice Fjord I found one of the 
large Orient steamers which had brought up a 
party of tourists. One Frenchman came ashore 
armed to the teeth. In his hand was a revolver, 
at his side a long couteau de chasse, and on his 
shoulder a combination double-barrelled rifle 
and shot-gun. After remaining on the beach 
for twenty minutes he fired off all the barrels 
of his revolver into the air, then peacefully 
rejoined the steamer. Some friends of mine 
happened to be passengers on this ship, and were 
kind enough to ask me to dinner. As I had really 
not had a decent meal for many weeks I was 
glad of the opportunity of a change. There was 
a man on board who was acting as correspondent 
to a large daily London paper, and he also asked 
me to dine that same evening, in fact, would take 
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