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niglitj and I set about gathering tlie materials 

 for a fire, and commenced to pluck the geese, 

 while Kennedy walked to the top of a neigh- 

 bouring rocky eminence to take one more look 

 for the yacht. After a while I saw him with 

 my glass beckoning to me, so concluding that 

 he had discovered her, I took up the geese and 

 joined him, when I also saw the yacht's top- 

 masts, but still a long way off — above a snug 

 little rock-encompassed cove, where she was 

 perfectly sheltered and almost hidden. We 

 got on board about 4 a.m., not sorry to 

 exchange broiled goose and a bed on the rocks 

 for a supper of reindeer cutlets, with hot 

 brandy-and-water, and comfortable cots. 



2Mh. — While we were asleep the crew got 

 the anchor up, and sailed down to where we 

 had left the sloop. Our intention being to go 

 in quest of deer up Wybe Jan's Water, where 

 there was not now much chance of ice, we left 

 the slow sailing sloop in the anchorage at the 

 Russian huts, and took out of her the two 

 servants and a portion of our hits ; also Chris- 

 tian and Johann, with the two walrus-boats and 

 tackle, in case we should unexpectedly fall in 

 with walruses or seals. We then ran up the 

 fiord before a slashing breeze, at ten or eleven 



