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One day soon after this, I felt exceedingly drowsy, and fell into a sound sleep. ONE DAY SOON AFTER THIS I FELT EXCEEDINGLY DROWSY AND FELL INTO A SOUND SLEEP
 it was only a mirage. A peculiar impression was produced by the sight of that glowing fire lit just above the outermost edge of the ice. According to the enthusiastic descriptions given by many Arctic travelers of the first appearance of this god of life after the long winter night, the impression ought to be one of jubilant excitement; but it was not so in my case. We had not expected to see it for some days yet, so that my feeling was rather one of pain, of disappointment that we must have drifted farther south than we thought. So it was with pleasure I soon discovered that it could not be the sun itself. The mirage was at first a flattened-out, glowing red, streak of fire on the horizon; later there were two streaks, the one above the other, with a dark space between; and from the maintop I could see four, or even five, such horizontal lines directly over one another, all of equal length, as if one could only imagine a square, dull-red sun, with horizontal dark streaks across it.") F THE SUN FOR IT WAS ONLY A MIRAGE A PECULIAR IMPRESSION WAS PRODUCED BY THE SIGHT OF THAT GLOWING FIRE LIT JUST ABOVE THE OUTERMOST EDGE OF THE ICE ACCORDING TO THE ENTHUSIASTIC DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN BY MANY ARCTIC TRAVELERS OF THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THIS GOD OF LIFE AFTER THE LONG WINTER NIGHT THE IMPRESSION OUGHT TO BE ONE OF JUBILANT EXCITEMENT BUT IT WAS NOT SO IN MY CASE WE HAD NOT EXPECTED TO SEE IT FOR SOME DAYS YET SO THAT MY FEELING WAS RATHER ONE OF PAIN OF DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE MUST HAVE DRIFTED FARTHER SOUTH THAN WE THOUGHT SO IT WAS WITH PLEASURE I SOON DISCOVERED THAT IT COULD NOT BE THE SUN ITSELF THE MIRAGE WAS AT FIRST A FLATTENED OUT GLOWING RED STREAK OF FIRE ON THE HORIZON LATER THERE WERE TWO STREAKS THE ONE ABOVE THE OTHER WITH A DARK SPACE BETWEEN AND FROM THE MAIN TOP I COULD SEE FOUR OR EVEN FIVE SUCH HORIZONTAL LINES DIRECTLY OVER ONE ANOTHER ALL OF EQUAL LENGTH AS IF ONE COULD ONLY IMAGINE A SQUARE DULL RED SUN WITH HORIZONTAL DARK STREAKS ACROSS IT UNQUELLED
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