Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . I. PROMENADE IN TIMES OF PEACE WITH SVERDRUPS PATENT FOOT-GEAR {From the Fraiiisjaa^) There were many more poems, among others onegiving some account of the principal events of the lastweeks, in this style: Bears are seen, and dogs are born, Cakes are baked, both small and large;Henriksen, he does not fall. Spite of bears most violent charge;Mogstad with his rifle clicks,Jacobsen with long lance sticks, 346 FARTHEST NORTH and so on. The
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . I. PROMENADE IN TIMES OF PEACE WITH SVERDRUPS PATENT FOOT-GEAR {From the Fraiiisjaa^) There were many more poems, among others onegiving some account of the principal events of the lastweeks, in this style: Bears are seen, and dogs are born, Cakes are baked, both small and large;Henriksen, he does not fall. Spite of bears most violent charge;Mogstad with his rifle clicks,Jacobsen with long lance sticks, 346 FARTHEST NORTH and so on. There was a long ditty on the subject of the Dog Rape on board the Fram: Up and down on a night so cold,Kvirre virre vip, bom, harpooner and kennelman bold,Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom ;. II.—fram fellows on the war-path: difference be-tween THE SVERDRUP AND THE LAPP FOOT-GEAR (From the Framsjau) Our kennelman swings, I need hardly tell, Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom,The long, long lash you know so well, Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom;Our harpooner, he is a man of light, Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom,A burning lantern he grasps tight, Kvirre virre vip, bom, as they walk the time beguile, Kvirre virre vip, bom, tales of bears and all their wile, Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom. Now suddenly a bear they see,Kvirre virre vip, bom, whom all the dogs do flee,Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom ; THE WINTER NIGHT 347 Kennelman, like a deer, runs fast,Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, Harpooner slow comes in the last,Kvirre virre vip, bom. bom, and so on. Among the announcements are— Instruction in Fencing. In consequence of the indefinite postponement of our departure, alimited number of pupils can be received for instruction in both fencingand boxing. Majakoft, Teacher o
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