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tions with Captain Arendt, the manager of the Company. 

 A watch, a revolver, a musical box, and a ten-pound note 

 had brought him round, and on the morrow the steamer was 

 to be placed at our disposal. We were in high spirits, 

 shouting, "Hurrah! for Dvoinik and the Little Stint!" The 

 next morning we were fairly off by ten A.M. It was cold 

 and numbing, with a light breeze blowing from the north- 

 west. As we neared the bar, we sighted a brig under full 

 sail. We hoisted a rendez-vous flag, and went on board. 

 Though flying Danish colours, we found she was an English 

 vessel — the Ino, from Newkaven. The captain told us he 

 had been some days trying to get into the Petchora, but 

 he was unable to reach it by steering between islands Nos. 3 

 and 4, owing to the ice, and that he had come round the 

 east passage between islands 7 and 8 and Varandai. This 

 accounted for the extraordinarily cold weather we had been 

 having since the previous Sunday. 



About four we landed at Dvoinik, and took possession of a 

 stranded vessel that was lying high and dry upon the beach. 

 It was settled that the Company's steamer should call for 

 us on the following Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, 

 according to the final arrangements for the starting of our 

 schooner, the Triad, in which we were to make part of 

 our homeward passage. Meanwhile we were to live at 

 Dvoinik, in regular Robinson Crusoe fashion. The deserted 

 vessel looked very comfortable, and we anticipated a jolly 

 time. 



Leaving the men to sweep up the hold, we started off in 

 high glee for a raid upon the little stints. We hastened 



