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ROCKING-STONES. 
SYENITES AND LIMESTONES. 
some drawings of these geological puzzles. They were 
of all sizes, from tons to pounds, often strangely dis¬ 
similar in material, though grouped within a narrow 
area, their diversity depending on the varying strata 
from which they came. There were some strange illus¬ 
trations among them of the transporting forces of the 
ice-raft, which I should like to dwell on, if the cha¬ 
racter of my hook and the haste with which it is 
approaching its close did not forbid me. 
Our visit to the brig was soon over: we had very few 
stores to remove. I trod her solitary deck for the last 
time, and returned with Metek to his sledge. 
I had left the party on the floes with many appre¬ 
hensions for their safety, and the result proved the}' 
were not without cause. While crossing a “ tide-hole,’ 
one of the runners of the Hope’s sledge broke through, 
and, but for the strength and presence of mind of 
Ohlsen, the boat would have gone under. He saw the 
ice give way, and, by a violent exercise of strength, 
passed a capstan-bar under the sledge, and thus bore 
the load till it was hauled on to safer ice. He was a 
very powerful man. and might have done this without 
