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long on one limb and all the feeling had gone out 
of it. It would remain like that for hours, and had 
a depressing effect upon the mind. These symptoms 
Шин сес in Mr. Hanson during his illness. The 
monotony of the life seemed to create amongst the 
members a most sensitive professional jealousy, if 
it may so be called. It was, however, an evident 
sign of the deep interest which they took in their 
different departments, and also formed a most in- 
teresting study. It is evident that in regions like 
those in which we lived—where the surroundings 
offered no great changes and no entertainment 
except that which each found in his special work, 
the material of which he had, with great difficulty, 
wrested from the earth's most inhospitable corner— 
such work, for which we risked all, necessarily became 
the nucleus of our life, guarded passionately against 
intrusion. Nothing seemed to cheer melancholy 
members more than being consulted, and being asked 
to give information. 
