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addition to the doctor, walked Simmons and Bay ; while Braskernd, 

 who in his heart of hearts had longed to join the porridge-hater 

 corporation, walked out of pure bashfulness under the Norwegian 

 flag, in the non-committal ranks of patriotism. Then came the 

 steward's banner, designed by Isachsen under great pressure ; it 

 bore the mystic inscription : ' Up with the Whistplayers, and down 

 with the " Primus." ' When it is known that the steward hated 



THE DOGS GO A SEVENTEENTH OF MAY PROCESSION. 



both like poison, the inscription sounds somewhat self-contradictory, 

 but as a matter of fact it was correct. During the daytime he was 

 inflicted with ' the most disgusting invention in the world,' the 

 ' Primus,' in his pantry, and in the evening, when he sought repose 

 for his weary limbs in the after-cabin, where he lived, his life 

 down there was embittered by the equally obnoxious whist- 

 players. 



our provisions last, and it was therefore better to economise the more valuable kinds 

 of food, and gradually improve the diets, than live on the fat of the land at first, 

 and afterwards be obliged to retrench. 



