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grummet-holes in the canvas about eighteen inches 
above the floor, and allow the lower part of the sides 
to hang down vertically like a valance, before forming 
the floor-cloth. This arrangement gave ample room 
for breathing; it prevented the ice forming above the 
THE TENT. 
sleeper’s head, and the melted rime from trickling 
down upon it. 
“For instruments I have a fine Gambey sextant, in 
addition to my ordinary pocket-instrument, an artificial 
horizon, and a Barrow’s dip-circle. These occupy little 
room upon the sledge. My telescope and chronometer 
I carry on my person. 
“McGary has taken the ‘Faith.’ He carries few 
