HOW HE ESCAPED. 



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carried down. The remainder of the crew, with the 

 exception of one man, were picked up by the other boats ; 

 the man we speak of had succeeded in swimming to a 



ALE CAPSIZING A BOAT. 



piece of ice, but, owing to the numbness and exhaustion 

 produced by excessive cold, had been unable to raise 

 himself upon it. And there he must have perished, had 

 not one of his mates, mistaking him for a seal, pointed 



