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Description of the Fbontispiecb. 



ARCTIC SLEDGE-JOURNEY. 



The sledga plays a very conspicuous part in the history of arctic discovery, as it 

 enables the bold investigators of the icy wildernesses of the North to penetrate to 

 many places, impervious to navigation, to establish dep&ts of provisions for future 

 emergencies, or even becomes the means of saving their lives when their ship has 

 been lost or hopelessly blocked up. Whenever dogs can be had, these useful 

 animals are made use of for the transport. Our plate represents one of these 

 sledging parties threading its way through blocks of ice, and gives a good idea of 

 the difficulties they have to encounter. 



