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"'To go out hunting, and fall in with a splendid reindeer, take aim, and find your gun has gone off with a flash in the pan, owing to damp powder. TO GO OUT HUNTING AND FALL IN WITH A SPLENDID REINDEER TAKE AIM AND FIND YOUR GUN HAS GONE OFF WITH A FLASH IN THE PAN OWING TO DAMP POWDER
sible, more than one visit must have been made to the depths of the hold. "'I must not forget to tell you, that I believe attempts will be made to slip into your box sundry articles which are not altogether original, as they have been published already. I can declare that, no later than last night, I saw an author bending over his desk, holding a volume of the "Spectator" open with one hand, and thawing the frozen ink in his pen at the lamp with the other. I need not warn you to be on your guard against such tricks, for it would never do for us to have articles in our "Winter Chronicle" which our great-grandfathers read over their breakfast-tables a century ago.'" "Well, well," said Altamont, "there is a good deal of clever humour in that writer. He must have been a sharp fellow." "You're right. Here is an amusing catalogue of Arctic tribulations:-- "'To go out in the morning for a walk, and the moment you put your foot outside the ship, find yourself immersed in the cook's water-hole. THS AND JUDGING BY THE REAMS OF PAPER VISIBLE MORE THAN ONE VISIT MUST HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE DEPTHS OF THE HOLD I MUST NOT FORGET TO TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE TO SLIP INTO YOUR BOX SUNDRY ARTICLES WHICH ARE NOT ALTOGETHER ORIGINAL AS THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ALREADY I CAN DECLARE THAT NO LATER THAN LAST NIGHT I SAW AN AUTHOR BENDING OVER HIS DESK HOLDING A VOLUME OF THE SPECTATOR OPEN WITH ONE HAND AND THAWING THE FROZEN INK IN HIS PEN AT THE LAMP WITH THE OTHER I NEED NOT WARN YOU TO BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST SUCH TRICKS FOR IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR US TO HAVE ARTICLES IN OUR WINTER CHRONICLE WHICH OUR GREAT GRANDFATHERS READ OVER THEIR BREAKFAST TABLES A CENTURY AGO WELL WELL SAID ALTAMONT THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF CLEVER HUMOR IN THAT WRITER HE MUST HAVE BEEN A SHARP FELLOW YOU'RE RIGHT HERE IS AN AMUSING CATALOGUE OF ARCTIC TRIBULATIONS TO GO OUT IN THE MORNING FOR A WALK AND THE MOMENT YOU PUT YOUR FOOT OUTSIDE THE SHIP FIND YOURSELF IMMERSED IN THE COOK'S WATER HOLE
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