A BEMABKABLE LETTEB. 
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when I add that the Arctic Circle passes directly through 
the fort. After travelling something over two hundred 
miles straight into the wilderness, the Fox says we shall 
find ourselves at the foot of a lofty range of mountains. 
From this point he bears away slightly to the east, and 
within three or four days expects to reach his old camp- 
ing-ground, from which he obtained his first view of the 
flaming peak. Now will begin by far our hardest fight 
with the forces of nature. Peeschee has drawn a map, 
