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THE UNIVERSE. 



to struggle on all sides against a cold which freezes mer- 

 cury. Here the sole event which sometimes breaks in 

 upon the uniformity of life is the visit of some Esquimaux 

 tril^e, men of iron who alone resist this frightful climate, 

 and who, incredible as it may seem, prefer it to happier 

 countries. Their appalling nights, six months long, their 



oOS. Yuuug Esquimaux. 



huts of snow, their dresses of skins, which give them the 

 look of beasts, have more charms for them than all the 

 sweets of civilization, and all the benefits of a sun which 

 daily ri2:)ens rich harvests. 



roar, followed by the heavy sullen thunder of the plunge into tlie ocean, and the 

 rolling away of the high-crested seas, and the rocking of the mighty mass back 

 and forth, in the eff'ort to regain its equilibrium." — After Icebergs with a Painter. 

 By the Rev. L. L. Noble.— Tr. 



