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sledges on the sea-ice, and it was now blowing very hard 

 with drift. He walked in and found the Doctor and Dimitri 

 inside. " He gave me a tot first, and then a feed of por- 

 ridge — but I couldnt keep it down : thats the first time in 

 my life that ever it happened, and it was the brandy that 

 did it." 



