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NEW LAND. 



many holes on the way. Not more than five miles from where we 

 stopped we could see the margin of the ice, and as far as we could 

 make out there was open water over the whole of Smith Sound 

 and right away to the coast of Greenland. To the south, as far 

 as the eye could see, were open water and a water-sky, the one 



THE DOCTOR SPEAKS IN HONOUB OF THE DAY. 



greyer than the other. It seemed quite strange to have so much 

 water about us, for it was nine months since we had set eyes 

 on it. On land the snow was in capital condition for ' ski,' but 

 on the ice it was decidedly damp. 



