Eider-down 



too deep for me to harpoon him. I could see 

 him at the bottom, but his size was evidently 

 not sufficiently large for an old bull. 



The night before my return to Ice Fjord 

 Andree and his associates in the steamer Virgo 

 gave me a farewell dinner. This was dis- 

 tinguished by the good fellowship that existed 

 between us, and I specially remember the variety 

 of the drinks consumed, all of which one was 

 supposed to sample. Andree promised me that 

 evening that he would dine with me the first 

 night he spent in London, should he return 

 successfully from his great trip. 



On my return to Ice Fjord I found one of the 

 large Orient steamers which had brought up a 

 party of tourists. One Frenchman came ashore 

 armed to the teeth. In his hand was a revolver, 

 at his side a long couteau de chasse, and on his 

 shoulder a combination double-barrelled rifle 

 and shot-gun. After remaining on the beach 

 for twenty minutes he fired off all the barrels 

 of his revolver into the air, then peacefully 

 rejoined the steamer. Some friends of mine 

 happened to be passengers on this ship, and were 

 kind enough to ask me to dinner. As I had really 

 not had a decent meal for many weeks I was 

 glad of the opportunity of a change. There was 

 a man on board who was acting as correspondent 

 to a large daily London paper, and he also asked 

 me to dine that same evening, in fact, would take 



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