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We continued our journey for ten days thereafter, and found we had fortunately attained a distance inland where ocean tides no longer affected the water, which had become fresh. WE CONTINUED OUR JOURNEY FOR TEN DAYS THEREAFTER AND FOUND WE HAD FORTUNATELY ATTAINED A DISTANCE INLAND WHERE OCEAN TIDES NO LONGER AFFECTED THE WATER WHICH BECOME FRESH
es - 25' - 56" west in the longitude of 91 degrees - 48', where the last observations on the shore had been made, to 165 degrees - 50' - 09", east, at their present station, so that we had," says Peary, "in sailing over the space included between these two meridians, crossed immediately northward of the magnetic pole, and had undoubtedly passed over one of those spots upon the globe where the needle would have been found to vary 180 degrees, or in other words, where the North Pole would have pointed to the south.") We sailed for three days along the shoreline, then came to the mouth of a fjord or river of immense size. It seemed more like a great bay, and into this we turned our fishing-craft, the direction being slightly northeast of south. By the assistance of a fretful wind that came to our aid about twelve hours out of every twenty-four, we continued to make our way inland, into what afterward proved to be a mighty river, and which we learned was called by the inhabitants Hiddekel. EES FORTY EIGHT MINUTES WHERE THE LAST OBSERVATIONS ON THE SHORE HAD BEEN MADE TO ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DEGREES FIFTY MINUTES NINE SECONDS EAST AT THEIR PRESENT STATION SO THAT WE HAD SAYS PERIE AND SAILING OVER THE SPACE INCLUDED BETWEEN THESE TWO MERIDIANS CROSSED IMMEDIATELY NORTHWARD OF THE MAGNETIC POLE AND HAD UNDOUBTEDLY PASSED OVER ONE OF THOSE SPOTS UPON THE GLOBE WHERE THE NEEDLE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND TO VARY A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREES OR IN OTHER WORDS WHERE THE NORTH POLE WOULD HAVE POINTED TO THE SOUTH WE SAILED FOR THREE DAYS ALONG THE SHORE LINE THEN CAME TO THE MOUTH OF THE FIORD OR RIVER OF IMMENSE SIZE IT SEEMED MORE LIKE A GREAT BAY AND INTO THIS WE TURNED OUR FISHING CRAFT THE DIRECTION BEING SLIGHTLY NORTH EAST OF SOUTH BY THE ASSISTANCE OF A FRETFUL WIND THAT CAME TO OUR AID ABOUT TWELVE HOURS OUT OF EVERY TWENTY FOUR WE CONTINUED TO MAKE OUR WAY INLAND AND TO WHAT AFTERWARD PROVED TO BE A MIGHTY RIVER AND WHICH WE LEARNED WAS CALLED BY THE INHABITANTS HEADDECO
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