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It was almost completely thawed, and already the banks were clothed with a species of vegetation, as if the sun had done his best to fertilise the soil. IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY THAWED AND ALREADY THE BANKS WERE CLOTHED WITH A SPECIES OF VEGETATION AS IF THE SUN HAD DONE HIS BEST TO FERTILIZE THE SOIL
een anywhere about Victoria Bay, and a distant excursion was, therefore, resolved upon, which would serve the double purpose of hunting and surveying the eastern coast. [Illustration: ] The three hunters, accompanied by Duk, set out on Monday, the 17th of June, at six in the morning, each man armed with a double-barrelled gun, a hatchet and snow-knife, and provisions for several days. It was a fine bright morning, and by ten o'clock they had gone twelve miles; but not a living thing had crossed their path, and the hunt threatened to turn out a mere excursion. However, they went on in hope, after a good breakfast and half-an-hour's rest. The ground was getting gradually lower, and presented a peculiar appearance from the snow, which lay here and there in ridges unmelted. At a distance it looked like the sea when a strong wind is lashing up the waves, and cresting them with a white foam. [Illustration: ] Before long they reached a sort of glen, at the bottom of which was a winding river. ISLAND BUT NOT A SOLITARY SPECIMEN WAS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE ABOUT VICTORIA BAY AND A DISTANT EXCURSION WAS THEREFORE RESOLVED UPON WHICH WOULD SERVE THE DOUBLE PURPOSE OF HUNTING AND SURVEYING THE EASTERN COAST THE THREE HUNTERS ACCOMPANIED BY DUKE SET OUT ON MONDAY THE SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE AT SIX IN THE MORNING EACH MAN ARMED WITH A DOUBLE BARRELLED GUN A HATCHET AND SNOW KNIFE AND PROVISIONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS IT WAS A FINE BRIGHT MORNING AND BY TEN O'CLOCK THEY HAD GONE TWELVE MILES BUT NOT A LIVING THING HAD CROSSED THEIR PATH AND THE HUNT THREATENED TO TURN OUT TO BE A MERE EXCURSION HOWEVER THEY WENT ON IN HOPE AFTER A GOOD BREAKFAST AND HALF AN HOUR'S REST THE GROUND WAS GETTING GRADUALLY LOWER AND PRESENTLY A PECULIAR APPEARANCE FROM THE SNOW WHICH LAY HERE AND THERE IN BRIDGES UNMELTED AT A DISTANCE IT LOOKED LIKE THE SEA WHEN A STRONG WIND IS LASHING UP THE WAVES AND CRESTING THEM WITH A WHITE FOAM BEFORE LONG THEY REACHED A SORT OF GLEN AT THE BOTTOM OF WHICH WAS A WINDING RIVER
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