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title of the book. Like every volume which aspires to a place 

 in the book market, it was ready for Christmas. It was very 

 exciting, and was read with avidity. 



We kept Christmas well and long, and walked about a good 

 deal in the brilliant moonlight. We had to be stingy with the 

 brandy ; but I gave Simmons some spirits of wine, with which he 

 brewed ' glodgad,' a kind of liqueur, and that sorrow was healed. 



LEAF-BEARING STEMS OF SEQUOIA AND GLYPTOSTROBUS, CONIFERS FROM THE 



TERTIARY. STENKULFJORD. Natural size. 



Rather later on in the winter we began to make preparations 

 to drive sand on to the ice, to help on the thaw in the spring. 

 Fosheim made boxes and Nodtvedt picks for this purpose, and then 

 we set to work. We had to sand a distance of some four or five 

 miles, and this we divided into lengths, so that each of us had his 

 own bit to look after. We could see each other as we were 

 working out on the ice, and this occasioned great competition. 

 The work went very quickly, but perhaps it was because we were 



