. 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 . CAPE OUU FIKST KAVAK. AT THE SETTLEMENT. 633 Here we first got our cloudy vague idea of whathad passed in the big world during our absence. Thefriction of its fierce rotation had not much disturbedthis little outpost of civilization, and we thought it asort of blunder as he told us that France and Englandwere leagued with the Mussulman against the GreekChurch. He was a good Lutheran, this assistantcooper, and all new
. 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 . CAPE OUU FIKST KAVAK. AT THE SETTLEMENT. 633 Here we first got our cloudy vague idea of whathad passed in the big world during our absence. Thefriction of its fierce rotation had not much disturbedthis little outpost of civilization, and we thought it asort of blunder as he told us that France and Englandwere leagued with the Mussulman against the GreekChurch. He was a good Lutheran, this assistantcooper, and all news with him had a theological com-plexion. What of America ? eh, Petersen ?—and we alllooked, waiting for him to interpret the answer. a i ^xnerica ? said Carlie ; we dont know much ofthat country here, for they have no whalers on thecoast; but a steamer and a barque passed up a fort-night ago, and have gone out into the ice to seek yourparty. How gently all the lore of this man oozed out ofhim! he seemed an oracle, as, with hotrtingling fin-gers pressed against the gunwale of the boat, welistened to his words. ^Sebastopol aint and what was Sebastopol ? ^ But Sir J
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