. 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 . s tints of day as it is from the mere twi-light. Nevertheless, for the past ten days we havebeen watching the growing warmth of our landscape,as it emerged from buried shadow, through all thestages of distinctness of an India-ink washing, step bystep, into the sharp, bold definition of our desolateharbor scene. We have marked every dash of colorwhich the great Painter in his benevolence vouchsafedto us; and now the empurpled b
. 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 . s tints of day as it is from the mere twi-light. Nevertheless, for the past ten days we havebeen watching the growing warmth of our landscape,as it emerged from buried shadow, through all thestages of distinctness of an India-ink washing, step bystep, into the sharp, bold definition of our desolateharbor scene. We have marked every dash of colorwhich the great Painter in his benevolence vouchsafedto us; and now the empurpled blues, clear, unmistak-able, the spreading lake, the flickering yellow: peer-ing at all these, poor wretches! everything seemedsuperlative luster and unsurpassable glory. We hadso grovelled in darkness that we oversaw the light. February 22. Washingtons birthday: all our col-ors flying in the new simlight. A day of good omen,even to the sojourners among the ice. Hans comesin with great news. He has had a shot at our ben-nesoak, a long shot; but it reached him. The ani-mal made off at a slow run, but we are sure of himnow. This same deer has been hann^in; round the. ^^=^^^^
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