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this allusion, but I fancied that I should be 

 the first to direct the attention of scientific men 

 to the circumstance. On mentioning it, how- 

 ever, to my friend Professor M , I found 



that he was quite aware of the peculiarity in 

 question, and that it is well known to the 

 students of comparative anatomy. 



27^A. — The cook went out this morning to 

 ofi&ciate as harpooner pro tempore, and while 

 darting the harpoon at a seal which Lord 

 David had wounded, he threw his watch into 

 the sea along with the weapon. The " Doctor " 

 was so thunderstruck by this overwhelming 

 misfortune, that he stood on the ice gazing 

 into the depths of the sea, as if he expected 

 the watch to float up again. The seal came 

 up again (although the watch did not), and 

 the cook so far recovered his presence of mind 

 as to spit him this time, and then, to the great 

 amusement of Lord David and the crew, he 

 began to bewail the loss of his watch, which 

 had been " such a good one, and had cost him 

 no less than six dollars ; " nor was he to be 

 comforted, until Kennedy consoled him by the 

 promise of another of equal value. 



There is plenty of fine ice in sight to-day, 

 but we have unknowingly drifted too far from 



