HEATING APPARATUS. 
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with the same sagacity that has taught them the habits 
of the resident animals. 
“They foretold to me the exact range of the water 
off Cape Alexander during September, October, No¬ 
vember and December, and anticipated the excessive 
fall of snow which has taken place this winter, by 
reference to this mysterious water. 
“In the darkest weather of October, when every 
thing around is apparently congealed and solid, they 
discover water by means as inscrutable as the divining- 
rod. I was once journeying to Anoatok, and completely 
enveloped in darkness among the rolled-ice off Godsend 
Island. My dogs were suffering for water. September 
was half gone, and the water-streams both on shore 
and on the bergs had been solid for nearly a fortnight. 
Myouk, my companion, began climbing the dune-like 
summits of the ice-hills, tapping with his ice-pole and 
occasionally applying his ear to parts of the surface. 
He did so to three hills without any result, but at the 
fourth he called out, ‘Water!’ I examined the spot by 
hand and tongue, for it was too dark to see; but I could 
detect no liquid. Lying down and listening, I first 
perceived the metallic tinkle of a rivulet. A few 
minutes’ digging brought us down to a scanty infil¬ 
tration of drinkable water. 
“November 8, Wednesday.—Still tinkering at our 
stove and ice-melter; at last successful. Old iron pipes, 
and tin kettles, and all the refuse kitchen-ware of the 
brig figure now in picturesque association and rejoice 
in the title of our heating-apparatus. It is a great 
