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Dcmetri had only five or six dogs left in charge, but 
these looked fairly fit, all things considered, and it was 
evident the boy was bent on taking every care of them, 
for he had not only provided shelters, but had built a 
small 1 lean-to ' which would serve as a hospital for any 
animal whose stomach or coat needed nursing. 
Such were in broad outline the impressions I received 
on my first return to our home station ; they were almost 
wholly pleasant and, as I have shown, in happy contrast 
with the fears that had assailed me on the homeward 
route. As the days went by I was able to fill in the detail 
in equally pleasant fashion, to watch the development 
of fresh arrangements and the improvement of old ones. 
Finally, in this way I was brought to realise what an 
extensive and intricate but eminently satisfactory organisa- 
tion I had made myself responsible for. 
Notes on Flyleaf of Fresh MS. Book 
Genus Homo, Species Sapiens ! 
Flotsam 
Win. Barents' house in Novaya Zcmlya built 1596. Found by 
Capt. Carlscn 1871 (275 years later) intact, everything inside as left I 
What of this hut ? 
The ocean girt continent. 
1 Might have seemed almost heroic if any higher end than excessive 
love of gain and traffic had animated the design.' — Milton. 
' He is not worthy to live at all, who, for fear and danger of death 
shunueth his country's service or his own honour, since death is inevit- 
able and the fame of virtue immortal/ — Sir HUMPHREY Gilbert. 
There is no part of the world that can not be reached by man. 
When the ' can be ' is turned to ' has been ' the Geographical Society 
will have altered its status. 
1 At the whirring loom of time unawed 
I weave the living garment of God.' — Goethe. 
