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and stood close to the perpendicular wall of the 
mountain, The time seemed long before the 
wave reached us, and when it came it must 
Mave been from 15 to 20 ft. in height. I called 
to Jensen to struggle for life as he stood beside 
Bu he wave struck ime first, lumps of 
ice dashed against my back, and I stuck to the 
rock until I felt that the blood rushed from 
beneath my finger-nails. I had just time to call 
out to Capt. Jensen to stick to the rock also when 
the icy water closed over my head. When it passed 
Jensen was still at my side. The next few waves 
were several feet smaller, and only washed us up 
‘to our armpits, but the drag of the water when it 
returned from the cliff tried us almost beyond our 
strength. Had it not been for the help of a projecting 
ice slope, which seemed to break the force of the 
wave in its advance, we would undoubtedly have been 
smashed against the rock; as where the wave, 
unchecked, hit the rock wall some ten yards beyond 
us, it tore stones loose, and left. à mark of moisture 
some twenty feet above our heads, while the marks 
mH spray were to be seen still further up. Far 
out at sea the boat was returning with Lieut. Colbeck 
and the two sailors; they saw all that had happened 
to a greater advantage, and Lieut. Colbeck's de- 
scription of the whole phenomenon, as observed from 
the boat, brings clear to my mind how anxious he 
Er Mave Dec for our safety. Не, of course, 
puede ful extent of the danger we ran, 
having himself with the greatest difficulty saved 
his boat from being swamped. We saw how rapidly 
their oars were moving as they approached the 
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