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capital punch; add to these a dinner of marled beef,— 
we have two pieces left, for the sun’s return and the 
Fourth of July,— and a bumper of champagne all 
round; and the elements of our frolic are all regis¬ 
tered. 
“We tracked old Grim to-day through the snow to 
within six hundred yards of the brig, and thence to 
that mass of snow-packed sterility which we call the 
shore. His not rejoining the ship is a mystery quite 
in keeping with his character.” 
PORTRAIT OF OLD GRIM* 
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