2) SEE. ERA OvEr rs 353 
on. Also I gave Kallina his knife. He had quite made 
up his mind that as our boat had not come he should not 
get the knife, and was saying something sorrowfully about 
it when I whipped it out and gave it to him. You should 
have seen his face change! I was frankly sorry to leave 
these kind friends, to whom we owed so much, and the 
feeling, | know, was shared by them. 
ALEXANDER’S KARBASS OR BOAT 
‘Good-bye, Kolguev !’ shouted Alexander as we moved 
off. He had long been practising this bit of English 
under Hyland's tuition, and Hyland shouted it, too, gaily 
enough. He was only too pleased to be off. We all 
cheered. But I knew very well that we were not gone 
yet. Everything in my view pointed to bad weather. 
And at least one person took care that we should not 
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