. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. 1 ! il & ( :J <f< f n I'. 294 THE SriTZBERGEN SWINDLE. much for his resolution, and for half an hour we had the pleasure of watching our com- panion stalk these stupid cock ryper, who eventually let themselves be shot sitting. Our * cockiologist' was well punished for his sins, however, by losing us; and when we at last found him sitting at the foot of the cliff, three moulting ryper at his feet, and a stale crust of bread which he had picked up in his hand, he looked the v
. The trottings of a tenderfoot [microform] : a visit to the Columbia fiords, and Spitzbergen. Hunting; Chasse. 1 ! il & ( :J <f< f n I'. 294 THE SriTZBERGEN SWINDLE. much for his resolution, and for half an hour we had the pleasure of watching our com- panion stalk these stupid cock ryper, who eventually let themselves be shot sitting. Our * cockiologist' was well punished for his sins, however, by losing us; and when we at last found him sitting at the foot of the cliff, three moulting ryper at his feet, and a stale crust of bread which he had picked up in his hand, he looked the ver" beau ideal of hungry sorrow and despair. We forgave him and let him have some lunch, and still believe they libelled him who said that though he had both lunch and forgiveness at our hands, he was seen to secrete his old crust in his pocket, in case he should again fall into error, and be deserted. We started from our ship at midnight, and though we had been walking fast ever since, the glacier which blocked the end of our valley seemed no nearer. It looked a mile or two off when we started—it looked about the same distance from us twelve hours afterwards. r mm. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918. London : R. Bentley
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