Ее Journey in Winter. 191 
Just before we closed the coffn, Mr. Fougner and 
I placed some pressed flowers, which Hanson's wife 
had sent in letters to Hobart before we left for 
the south, on Hanson's breast; and while we were 
thus occupied, the two Finns, according to their 
wish, held a Lappish service at the head of the 
cofün. It was touching to see these two simple- 
minded children of nature, in their native costumes, 
standing with bared heads in the cold, singing and 
talking alternately to Mr. Hanson's dead body. 
We breakfasted early, and after the preliminary 
иссе had been made, I read the Lord's 
Prayer over the coffin outside the hut. The coffin 
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THE PENGUINS INVADING THE PENINSULA IN THE SPRING. 
was then placed on a large sledge, and covered with 
the Union Jack. A light snow which had fallen 
during the night made our heavy task somewhat 
