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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  not 
  fail 
  to 
  be, 
  utterly 
  forgotten. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   remarkable 
  fact 
  that 
  this 
  process, 
  by 
  which 
  

   even 
  the 
  most 
  sterile 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  globe 
  

   have 
  been 
  peopled, 
  is 
  a 
  process 
  which 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  still 
  in 
  operation. 
  Arctic 
  voyagers 
  have 
  

   long 
  known 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  lands 
  nearer 
  the 
  

   Pole 
  than 
  those 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  hitherto 
  been 
  

   able 
  to 
  reach, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  even 
  suspected 
  

   that 
  there 
  exists 
  there 
  a 
  somewhat 
  milder 
  

   climate 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  open 
  sea. 
  A 
  whaling 
  

   ship, 
  which 
  in 
  1867 
  reached 
  a 
  more 
  northern 
  

   point 
  than 
  had 
  hitherto 
  been 
  attained, 
  has 
  

   brought 
  the 
  curious 
  information 
  that 
  a 
  tribe 
  

   wandering 
  near 
  Cape 
  Chelagskoi 
  had 
  recently 
  

   driven 
  another 
  tribe 
  before 
  them 
  across 
  the 
  

   Frozen 
  Sea 
  to 
  a 
  land 
  lying 
  so 
  far 
  north 
  that 
  

   only 
  its 
  mountain 
  tops 
  could 
  be 
  occasionally 
  

  

  