. Outing. ice threatened onall sides. The night wore away, andwhen morning came he rigged a signalwith the disjointed legs of the dead dogslashed together for a staff and his shirtfor a flag. The day passed in whatseemed fruitless waving, but late after-noon brought hope. What might be theflash of oars was caught across the iceglint, and half an hour later he was ina boat and sturdy Newfoundland armswere forcing a way back to shore andwarmth and food. And here is the climax. Dr. Gren-fell had spent more than thirty-six hourson his shivering ice floe with death attimes a mere matter of inches o
. Outing. ice threatened onall sides. The night wore away, andwhen morning came he rigged a signalwith the disjointed legs of the dead dogslashed together for a staff and his shirtfor a flag. The day passed in whatseemed fruitless waving, but late after-noon brought hope. What might be theflash of oars was caught across the iceglint, and half an hour later he was ina boat and sturdy Newfoundland armswere forcing a way back to shore andwarmth and food. And here is the climax. Dr. Gren-fell had spent more than thirty-six hourson his shivering ice floe with death attimes a mere matter of inches or secondsaway. Yet no more time was wastedin resting than was necessary to attendto a pot of hot tea and a plate of the doctor was off again on hislong journey to the bedside of the in-jured boy. It is worth noting that theboy recovered. Thats the kind of a man WilfredGrenfell is. Read this little book sometime when your faith in humanitywavers. It will eradicate cynicism andannihilate the 389 HERBERT WHYTES ANSWERS QUESTIONS THAT READERS ASK AND PRACTICAL HELP FORTHOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW AND TO DO [It is Herbert Whites business to help readers of THE OUTING MAGAZINE with practical infor-mation and ad-vice on outdoor topics. If there is any question that puzzles you in games, sport, travel, occupa-tion, or recreation, or any other subject in which you are interested, don t hesitate to write him. He will tellyoithe thing you want to know.~\ AN extract from a letter of one of Out-ings readers concerning his recenttrip in Mexico may cause a few ofus to change our opinion on that morning after we arrived we wentover into the Condela Range, and I havenever experienced such scenery, even in Brit-ish Columbia. It was simply hour and with each new camp it wasa dispute if it were or were not more beau-tiful than the last. Unfortunately, the birds for the greaterpart had nestlings, so we could not killthem at all, but we enjoyed them perhapse
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