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"(5) (5 We find the following in "Deutsche Mythologie," page 778, from the pen of Jakob Grimm; "Then, the sons of Bor built in the middle of the universe the city called Asgard, where dwell the gods and their kindred, and from that abode work out so many wondrous things both on the earth and in the heavens above it. NOTE FIVE WE FIND THE FOLLOWING IN DEITSA MYTHOLOGY PAGE SEVEN SEVENTY EIGHT FROM THE PEN OF JACOB GRIMM QUOTE THEN THE SONS OF BORE BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE THE CITY CALLED ASGARD WHERE DWELL THE GODS AND THEIR KINDRED AND FROM THAT ABODE WORK OUT SO MANY WONDROUS THINGS BOTH ON THE EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE IT
d no parallel even in the boasted Italian sky.") On the east coast there were numerous icebergs, yet here we were in open water. Far to the west of us, however, were icepacks, and still farther to the westward the ice appeared like ranges of low hills. In front of us, and directly to the north, lay an open sea.(4) (4 Captain Kane, on page 299, quoting from Morton's Journal on Monday, the 26th of December, says: "As far as I could see, the open passages were fifteen miles or more wide, with sometimes mashed ice separating them. But it is all small ice, and I think it either drives out to the open space to the north or rots and sinks, as I could see none ahead to the north.") My father was an ardent believer in Odin and Thor, and had frequently told me they were gods who came from far beyond the "North Wind." There was a tradition, my father explained, that still farther northward was a land more beautiful than any that mortal man had ever known, and that it was inhabited by the "Chosen. L EVEN IN THE BOASTED ITALIAN SKY UNQUOTED ON THE EAST COAST THERE WAS NUMEROUS ICEBERGS YET HERE WE WERE IN OPEN WATER FAR TO THE WEST OF US HOWEVER WERE ICE PACKS AND STILL FARTHER TO THE WESTWARD THE ICE APPEARED LIKE RANGES OF LOW HILLS IN FRONT OF US AND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH LAY AN OPEN SEA NOTE FOUR CAPTAIN KANE ON PAGE TWO NINETY NINE QUOTING FROM MORTON'S JOURNAL ON MONDAY THE TWENTY SIXTH OF DECEMBER SAYS QUOTE AS FAR AS I COULD SEE THE OPEN PASSAGES WERE FIFTEEN MILES OR MORE WIDE WITH SOMETIMES MASHED ICE SEPARATING THEM BUT IT IS ALL SMALL ICE AND I THINK IT EITHER DRIVES OUT TO THE OPEN SPACE TO THE NORTH OR ROTS AND SINKS AS I COULD SEE NONE AHEAD TO THE NORTH UNQUOTH MY FATHER WAS AN ARDENT BELIEVER IN ODIN AND THOR AND HAD FREQUENTLY TOLD ME THEY WERE GODS WHO CAME FROM FAR BEYOND THE NORTH WIND THERE WAS A TRADITION MY FATHER EXPLAINED THAT STILL FARTHER NORTHWARD WAS A LAND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ANY THAT MORTAL MAN HAD EVER KNOWN AND THAT IT WAS INHABITED BY THE CHOSEN
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