Thoughts of Home. 



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ward flight. Our restless captain cannot, as I 

 anticipated, endure this protracted period of idleness, 

 and the engines are now throbbing away full speed, 

 and our head pointed in the direction of Cape Byam 

 Martin, whence we shall again proceed up the sound 

 and try our luck in Admiralty and Prince Regent's 

 Inlets. With fortune on our side we may very 

 reasonably expect to fill our ship in ten or fourteen 

 days' time, and then start for home. 



Pond's Bay. 



