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between them. The brave, faithful fellows had risked 
much in saving that dog. Unwisely, they had not been 
roped together, neither had they any rope with them, 
AFTERNOON TEA. 
but when they discovered the dog in the crevasse, 
landed on a ledge some 15 ft. below, they unbuckled 
their belts, fastened them together, and Savio, lying 
on his stomach, lowered the Finn Must into the 
crevasse, from which he was luckily pulled up, 
together with the dog, by Savio. The crevasse was 
broad and seemed to be very deep, and had the dog 
not landed on the ledge he would have gone down 
some 80 or 100 ft. at least. 
On 12th September the doctor, Lieut. Colbeck, 
Mr. Bernacchi, both Finns and myself, started at 
7 o'cdock in the morning from the stone hut. We 
scaled the glacier and traversed the distance to 
