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big boulder 1,000 feet up on Cape Adare. The whole 
staff came in one by one, said good-bye, blessed him, 
and left the room. He thanked me for the kindness 
he had received at Camp Ridley, and told me that 
after all he was not sure whether it was not an 
advantage dying away from home: here he did not 
see the tears of relatives near and dear to him. Не 
had, he said, a tickling sensation in his left arm, and 
drew his breath with difficulty, but of actual pain he 
assured me he had none. Не also remarked to me 
that he had felt more moved when he had been saying 
good-bye at home in Norway when leaving with me 
BEAUTIFUL CAVES. 
for the South, than now when he was about to leave 
this world for ever. He had, he said, a feeling 
as if he were going to take a long journey. Mr. 
