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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
[chap. 
have confined us to that spot for the winter. Even a storm 
arising hastily might in this shallow water have been actually 
dangerous to the vessel anchored in an open road. The prospect 
IDOTHEA ENTOMON, LIN. 
From the sea Borth of the mouth of the Lena. 
(Natural size.) 
of wandering about for some days on the island did not appear 
to me to outweigh the danger of the possible failure of the main 
object of the expedition. I therefore gave up for the time 
