horizon* The whole party was overcome w^th 

 the immense . wild grandeur of the scene, and 

 when it was time for return we retraced our 

 steps down the snowy slopes in silence. From 

 this reverie we were suddenly awakened by a 

 shout from the foremost, who had come upon 

 the body of a huge animal, about four feet in 

 length, partly buried in the ice. The biologist 

 examined the beast, and reported it to have 

 affinities between the water^bears and the 

 mites, but distinct from anything so far noted 

 in Bathybia. We got to work with our ice^ 

 axes and soon had him out. - The body being 

 more or less cylindrical, we found no trouble 

 rolling our prize to the camp near by. In the 

 first instance our intention for so doing was 

 merely to astonish our comrades. However, 

 the biologist, seeing the specimen still intact, 

 asked that it might be spared till further in^ 

 vestigated. It was the peculiarity of our biolo^ 

 gist to save his specimens for examination 

 during the early morning hours. ^ After 

 supper, it being the eve of our return 

 journey, a general discussion regarding the 

 natural history and physical data so far ex^ 

 perienced in Bathybia was instituted. Sum^ 

 marising the various points brought forward 

 as bearing on a scientific elucidation of the 

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