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SPEAKING THROUGH THE SNOW. 



the second or third puff, he knows that the nose of the seal \s at thq bottom of 

 the breathing-hole, perhaps two yards below the spot where he is standing. 

 The spear must be thrust with perfect accuracy ; for an error of a quarter of an 

 mcli on either side would miss the hole, and the spear-point woidd strike the 



