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THE POLAR WORLD. 



for a thirty-pound salmon ; and, says Mr. "Whymper, " tobacco went farther 

 than we had ever known it to do before." On the 23d of July they reached 

 the mouth of the river, whence two days' sailing up the coast brought them to 

 St. Michael's. The whole voyage of 1300 miles between Fort Yukon and St. 



Michael's had taken fifteen and a half days. At St. Michael's they were told 

 that the telegraphic enterprise had been abandoned, and that all employed in it 

 were to return to California. 



The result of this expedition adds considerably to our knowledge of the 



