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mio-ht and main ; but still the mill went round. My first 

 idea was to seize an axe that was lying there to put the 

 dog out of its misery, its cries were so heartrending ; but 

 on second thoughts I hurried on to help Bentzen, and we 

 oot the mill stopped. At the same moment Mogstad also 

 came up, and while we held the mill he managed to set 

 the puppy free. Apparently there was still some life in 

 it, and he set to work to rub it gently and coax it. The 

 hair of its coat had somehow or other got frozen on to 

 the smooth steel axle, and the poor beast had been swung 

 round and bumped on the deck at every revolution of 

 the wheel. At last it actually raised its head, and looked 

 round in a dazed way. It had made a good many revolu- 

 tions, so that it is no wonder if it found some difficulty in 

 (rettino; its bearino-s at first. Then it raised itself on its 

 fore-paws, and I took it aft to the half-deck and stroked 

 and patted it. Soon it got on all four legs again, and 

 began shambling about, without knowing where it was 

 going. 



" ' It is a good thing it was caught by the hair,' said 

 Bentzen, ' I thought it was hanging fast by its tongue, as 

 the other one did.' Only think of being fixed by the 

 tongue to a revolving axle — the mere notion makes one 

 shudder! I took the poor thing down into the saloon 

 and did all I could for it. It soon got all right again, 

 and began playing with its companions as before. A 

 strange life to rummage about on deck in the dark and 

 cold ; but whenever one goes up with a lantern they 



