30 THE LAST CRUISE OF THE MIRANDA. 



tain Farrell came flying down and ordered all hands on deck. 

 I passed quickly forward of the saloon to look for Carl, and 

 was greatly relieved to find that no water was leaking in. 

 Carl was not below, so I seized two overcoats from our cabin 

 and speedily made my way on deck again, where I found my 

 charge looking quite cool, as he had a right to look, being sur- 

 rounded by a lot of 

 broken ice. Indeed, 

 there was no real 

 panic, and for a lot 

 of hitherto inex- 

 perienced Arctic 

 explorers the party 

 as a whole certainly 

 behaved re- 

 m ark ably 

 well. It 

 was quickly 



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ascertained that notwithstanding the severity of the shock 

 the damage that had been done was not so serious as to 

 endanger the ship. This, of course, was a great relief to 

 every one on board ; for it would have been an inauspicious 

 day to have taken to the boats, on account of the very heavy 

 fog all around us. We had fortunately struck a projecting 



