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at the Falklands. Naturally, whalers are greatly in- 
terested in his adventure, and as this Jason, which we 
were on board, was the barque in which he made his first 
acquaintance with the Arctic ice, the occasion warranted 
a toast to his success. 
The consensus of the opinion of this Whaling Society is 
that he will be able to pull through all right, and in much 
less than five years — that is, if his vessel is to be trusted ; 
but from the description of its build given in a Norwegian 
paper there are doubts about its suitability. 
The Jason in the 
Arctic ce. 
From Nansen's Crossing 
of Greenland. 
On deck X > the Nor- 
wegian crew, whether roy- 
alists or not, were making the most 
of the occasion. Unlike our men, they are treated to 
grog on great occasions, and a very wise plan it seems 
to me. The amount of discontent on our vessel arising- 
from there being a supply of drink aft and none for the 
crew cannot be here described. If the vessel was teetotal 
fore and aft none of the crew would object. 
