. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . ARCTIC m\\ mmwn THK ICE-FOOT CANOPY. THE CABIN BY NIGHT. 575 tlioiiglit of the kindly world we had left, with its re-volving sunshine and shadow, and the other stars thatgladden it in their changes, and the hearts that warmedto us there; till I lost myself in memories of thosewho are not ]—and they bore me back to the starsagain. - December 1. I am writing at midnight. I havethe watch from eight to two. It is day i
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . ARCTIC m\\ mmwn THK ICE-FOOT CANOPY. THE CABIN BY NIGHT. 575 tlioiiglit of the kindly world we had left, with its re-volving sunshine and shadow, and the other stars thatgladden it in their changes, and the hearts that warmedto us there; till I lost myself in memories of thosewho are not ]—and they bore me back to the starsagain. - December 1. I am writing at midnight. I havethe watch from eight to two. It is day in the moon-light on deck, the thermometer getting up again to36° below zero. As I came down to the cabin—forso we still call this little moss-lined igloe of ours—every one is asleep, snoring, gritting his teeth, or talk-ing in his dreams. This is pathognomonic; it tells ofArctic winter and its companion, scurvy. I was asleep in the forenoon of the *7th, after thefatigue of an extra night-watch, when I was called tothe deck by the report of Esquimaux sledges. Theycame on rapidly, ^yq sledges, with teams of six dogseach, most of the drivers strangers to us; and in afew minutes
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