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or on scientific excursions. Schei, who, as ever, had aspiring 

 tendencies, was always at the top of some mountain or other, 

 looking down on us and the world. From these mountains we 

 discovered at low water that there were several sunken rocks 

 in the outer part of the fjord, near the mouth, particularly on the 

 west side ; so we knew that we had not chanced on the very 

 safest of waters. 



