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“ They serve as handles, by which, running or walk¬ 
ing behind, you guide the sledge, lift it over rugged 
places, or rest yourself and your dogs while in progress 
together. 
“The extra jumper is a bear-skin jacket, or rather 
shirt, which after being put on is overlapped at the 
waist by a large pair of footed trowsers. No winter 
traveller should be without these:—at temperatures 
below —25° or —30° they are invaluable. Blanket- 
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bags are nearly useless below —30°, in a gale of wind; 
it riddles through them. 
“The ball of raw meat is made by chopping into 
inch-pieces walrus or other meat, and pouring among 
it hot tallow, by which the pieces are prevented from 
freezing too hard, so that you can readily cut out your 
meal as it is required. A little butter, if you have 
some, will contribute to soften it: olive-oil perhaps 
would be better; but without some such luxurious 
additions a man in too great a hurry for dinner might 
be apt to risk his teeth. In the present journey, 
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