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THE VOYAGE OF TtlE VEGA. 
[chap. 
as the mountains, but adorned with luxuriant vegetation, rich in 
splendid lilies, syngenesia, umbellifera,&c. The journey’was some¬ 
times tedious enough, but we now and then went at a whistling 
rate, especially when the dog-team descended the steep moun¬ 
tain slopes, or went through the morasses and the clay puddles 
formed in the constantly used way. The driver was bespattered 
from top to toe with a thick layer of mud, an inconvenience 
SLAUGHTER OF SEA-BEARS. 
(After a drawing by IT, AY. Elliott.) 
attending the unusual team, which was foreseen before our 
departure from the colony, in consequence of which our friends 
there urged that, notwithstanding the fine weather, we should 
all take overcoats. The dog-team was kept pretty far from 
the shore in order not to frighten the seals, and then we 
went on foot to the place where the sea-bears were, choosing 
