THE ERIC ON A BERG. 
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from the southward, and the probabilities are that it 
will freshen to a gale. 
“August 17, Wednesday.—This morning I pushed 
out into the drift, with the useful little specimen of 
naval architecture, which I call ‘ Eric the Red,’ but 
which the crew have named, less poetically, the ‘Red 
THE RED BOAT FORCED ON AN ICEBERG. 
Boat.’ We succeeded in forcing her on to one of the 
largest bergs of the chain ahead, and I climbed it, in 
the hope of seeing something like a lead outside, which 
might be reached by boring. But there was nothing 
of the sort. The ice looked as if perhaps an off-shore 
wind might spread it; but, save a few meagre pools, 
