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WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC WORLD 



CHAPTER XXXIV. Mystery, Fable and Marvellous Facts Stories of the Arctic 

 Siren and Phantom Ship Symmes' Theory of a Hollow Earth Some Novel Facts 

 Proofs of an Open Polar Sea Change of Climate through Ice Formations Green- 

 land once the Seat of a Great Empire History of the Famous Symmes Theory 

 Tropical Animals found in the Arctic Regions The Frozen Elephant Esquimau 

 Dogs Their Habits and Manner of Training Interesting Facts about Them Ef- 

 fects of an Arctic Night Newfoundland Dogs Life and Habits of the Esquimaux 

 Obedience of Children Absence of Law Marriages Murder of Female Children 

 Polgamy Exchange and Borrowing of Wives Manner of Dress Flow their 

 Huts are Made Life in an Igloo Queer Ways of Eating Making Fire. ..632 651 



CHAPTER XXXV. Seal Hunting Habits of the Seal How it is Captured by Es- 

 quimaux Perils Capt Hall's Battle with a Seal Hunting the Polar Bear Peculiar 

 Methods employed by Natives to Kill it A Savage Contest A Bear raids Dr. Kane's 

 Vessel Tossing the Dogs Another Battle with a Bear An Ugly Visitor in Camp 

 Habits of the Polar Bear Adventures with the Walrus An Exciting Walrus Hunt 

 Battle between Walrus and Bears A Dreadful Struggle The Reindeer Its useful 

 Habits and Enemies The Musk Ox Arctic Foxes Mosquitoes and Gnats Arctic 

 Birds The Great Sea Eagle Voracious Gulls 651 684 



CHAPTER XXXVI. Inhabitants of the Arctic Deep Teeming with Life Wonders 

 of the Whale The Most Marvellous of All Animals How It Nurses Its Young Its 

 Habits Generally Adventure with a Whale The Norwhal Its Wonderful Tusk 

 The Dolphin How It is Killed by Greenlanders Arctic Sharks The Grampus, the 

 Tiger of the Arctic Seas 684 692 



CHAPTER XXXVII. Natural Phenomena of the Arctic Regions Marvellous Beau- 

 ties of Nature The Aurora Its Cause Wonderful Aurora seen by Capt. Hall 

 Mock Moons Colored Snow Icebergs and Wonderful Ice-Formations Tussle of 

 the Giants How Icebergs are Formed Kane's Narrow Escape Wonderful Adven- 

 tures on Icefloes Perilous Position of Dr. Kane Tyson's Marvellous Drift Threat- 

 ened Cannibalism At Sea on a Cake of Ice Battle with a Bear The Most Extra- 

 ordinary Adventure ever Recorded Night in the Arctic Regions Five Months of 

 Darkness Its effects on Man and Domestic Animals 692 721 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. Incidents of Arctic Life Schwatka and the Old Exquimau 

 Woman Esquimau Ice Cream Dr. Hayes' Singular Experience with the Esquimaux 

 Attacked by Dogs A Dashing Esquimau Widow A Wonderful Feast Esqui- 

 mau Legend of the Sun and Moon 721 738 



CHAPTER XXXIX. The McClintock Search A Ghastly Discovery Capt. Hall's 

 Wonderful Discoveries Esquimau Children Hanging their Parents The "Jean- 

 nette" Expedition Two Years' Drift in the Ice Sinking of the Ship Helpless on 

 the Wide Sea Separation of the Boats Terrible Suffering and Starvation Marvel- 

 lous Heroism Search for and Discovery of the Bodies of the Dead Honors to the 

 Brave 738768 



