. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . God that so many ofus had been thus far preserved, and were nowindulging in the animating prospect of seeingour native homes, relatives, and friends oncemore ! The God of heaven and earth should inthis manner be honored and glorified in thepresence of pagans, and thus put to silence theirvain and imaginary superstitions. Indeed, one of our number was so deeply af-fected and overcome with the sight before him,and prompted by a sense of the deliverancewhich a merciful Providence w
. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . God that so many ofus had been thus far preserved, and were nowindulging in the animating prospect of seeingour native homes, relatives, and friends oncemore ! The God of heaven and earth should inthis manner be honored and glorified in thepresence of pagans, and thus put to silence theirvain and imaginary superstitions. Indeed, one of our number was so deeply af-fected and overcome with the sight before him,and prompted by a sense of the deliverancewhich a merciful Providence was working outfor him and his companions, that he fell uponhis knees and blessed the Lord that he was per-mitted to see once more another ship undersail. The two ships that were in sight, and ap-proaching land, were the Niger, Captain Jerne-gan, and the Joseph Hayden, Captain were now madej in the most ex-peditious manner possible, to go on board. Thecanoes of the natives were got ready ; but beforeany thing could be done towards carrying us tothe ships, they first made a fire in the boats. NINE MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC. 207 in order to drive out the Evil One; and then,that we might not pollute their boats, some icecream — deer fat and snow — must be given tothem to eat, as they supposed. Thus reasonedthe natives. Soon, however, we were on our way to theships. Most gladly we turned away our eyesfrom the shore, and turned them towards our bet-ter home on the deep. The ship which was the nearer of the two tothe shore, and on board of which Captain Nor-ton and his officers first went, was the JosephHayden. When Captain Norton landed ondeck, dressed in native costume, unshorn, anduncouth in appearance, as all were, CaptainGoosman asked, as well he might, and as anyother one would, Is this Norton, captain of theCitizen ? He replied, He used to be, andprobably was now. Captain Goosman thenembraced him in true sailor fashion, and cor-dially welcomed him and his of
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