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trepidity ; either owing to fume being lcfs 
preffed by hunger, or to their being by 
nature lefs carnivorous than the others ; 
for fome of them which entered the 
hut, immediately betook themfelves to 
flight on the firft attempt of the failors 
to drive them away. A repetition, how- 
ever, of thefe ferocious attacks, threw 
the poor men into great terror and 
anxiety, as they were in almoit a per* 
petual danger of being devoured. The 
three different kinds of animals above- 
mentioned, viz. the raindeer, the blue 
and white foxes, and the white bears, 
were the only food thefe wretched ma- 
riners tafted during their continuance in 
this dreary abode. 
We do not at once fee every re- 
fource. It is generally neccflity which 
quickens our invention, opening by de- 
grees our eyes, and pointing out expe- 
dients which otherwife migfht never have 
occurred to our thoughts. The truth of 
this obfervation our four failors cxpe- 
ucriced 
