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ADVA NOE OF DARKNESS. 
numbers of broken clam-shells were found near them, 
and, in one instance, some gravel, mingled with about 
half a peck of the coarse shingle of the beach. The 
use of the stones which the walrus swallows is still 
an interesting question. The ussuk or bearded seal 
has the same habit. 
“ November 7, Monday.—The darkness is coming on 
with insidious steadiness, and its advances can only be 
WALRUS-HOLE. 
perceived by comparing one day with its fellow of some 
time back. We still read the thermometer at noonday 
without a light, and the black masses of the hills are 
plain for about five hours with their glaring patches 
of snow; but all the rest is darkness. Lanterns are 
always on the spar-deck, and the lard-lamps never ex¬ 
tinguished below. The stars of the sixth magnitude 
shine out at noonday. 
“ Except upon the island of Spitsbergen, which has 
