THE DOGS IN FRIGHT. 
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reached the opening seen to the westward of the cape 
by Thursday, 7 A. M. It proved to be a channel; for, 
as they moved on in the misty weather, a sudden lift¬ 
ing of the fog showed them the cape and the western 
shore. 
ENTERING THE CHANNEL—CAPES ANDREW JACKSON AND JOHN BARROW. 
The ice was weak and rotten, and the dogs began 
to tremble. Proceeding at a brisk rate, they had got 
upon unsafe ice before they were aware of it. Their 
course was at the time nearly up the middle of the 
channel; but, as soon as possible, they turned, and, 
by a backward circuit, reached the shore. The dogs, 
as their fashion is, at first lay down and refused to 
