AN UNSUCCESSFUL SHOOTING-TRIP. 



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suit of wolf-skin clothing. About one o'clock I was constrained 

 to get up and light the ' Primus.' Peder turned out too, com- 

 plaining that his back felt cold. He had on his ' Icelander,' * 

 but, when I looked to see what was the matter, I found that it was 

 covered with white frost, both inside and out ! Something had to 

 be done. I pulled out the ' Icelander ' as far as I could from his 

 back, and put the ' Primus ' up between it and his jersey. 

 I'm nice and tepid,' observed Peder, complacently he 



KOLOTENGVA MENDS HIS SLEDGE. 



was steaming all over. We let the ' Primus ' burn all the rest of 

 that night. 



Early the next morning we turned out and made haste to Fort 

 Juliana, where we set to work as soon as possible to dry our fur 

 clothes and the sleeping-bags, which had become wet through and 

 through in the space of only twenty-four hours. 



* These garments, though called ' Icelandic jerseys,' are made in the Faroe 

 Islands. 



