. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. ?Pii^Mi !? 11 l! I i i lilii J1L, iiiil nil ?? III ..:?./, C MjAjlf, ?Ml i jmm-1^ 11 :,1 mmiw«««. ;., Ill i,:| r1*1, , ? , ; i n1,1 > Ji 1M ? ^ 4 jagl :Vf ? ppf 3 Wfasi W„,v m Iff II: » H Sill HI, mwmmm. m mmmmmm I li! I < 1 ?PfL --ll|,?? -?? ..llllPI ,l ? !Li i : ;:!,::;Hj! 11 .!. li ?III. mf> 246 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. The}7 rowed along towards the base of the cliff, and as they did so asound reached their ears like the rumbling of a railway train or the fallof a cascade. It increased as they approached the cliff, and finally
. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. ?Pii^Mi !? 11 l! I i i lilii J1L, iiiil nil ?? III ..:?./, C MjAjlf, ?Ml i jmm-1^ 11 :,1 mmiw«««. ;., Ill i,:| r1*1, , ? , ; i n1,1 > Ji 1M ? ^ 4 jagl :Vf ? ppf 3 Wfasi W„,v m Iff II: » H Sill HI, mwmmm. m mmmmmm I li! I < 1 ?PfL --ll|,?? -?? ..llllPI ,l ? !Li i : ;:!,::;Hj! 11 .!. li ?III. mf> 246 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. The}7 rowed along towards the base of the cliff, and as they did so asound reached their ears like the rumbling of a railway train or the fallof a cascade. It increased as they approached the cliff, and finally be-came so loud that they could hardly hear each other. The noise wasmade by the birds that had just begun their period of nesting, or, asGeorge expressed it after seeing the way the birds lay their eggs, theirperiod of rocking. You .observe, said the major, that the face of the cliff consists ofa series of steps or ledges from one to two or three feet deep. These birdsare the In in me, which we saw on President Land, and they are commonthrough all the arctic regions. The female lays only one egg, and this she deposits on the bare ledgeof rock. Look at the creatures and see how they are stowed away there. George looked, and saw that the birds were sitting close together, with,their heads outward, but they were not keeping xevy quiet. In some
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