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It was not a heartening spectacle. Everywhere was soft sky line. The hills were all low lying. IT WAS NOT A HEARTENING SPECTACLE EVERYWHERE WAS SOFT SKYLINE THE HILLS WERE ALL LOW LYING
 the circle of the world that remained to him now that Bill was gone. Near the horizon the sun was smouldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline or tangibility. The man pulled out his watch, the while resting his weight on one leg. It was four o'clock, and as the season was near the last of July or first of August,--he did not know the precise date within a week or two,--he knew that the sun roughly marked the northwest. He looked to the south and knew that somewhere beyond those bleak hills lay the Great Bear Lake; also, he knew that in that direction the Arctic Circle cut its forbidding way across the Canadian Barrens. This stream in which he stood was a feeder to the Coppermine River, which in turn flowed north and emptied into Coronation Gulf and the Arctic Ocean. He had never been there, but he had seen it, once, on a Hudson Bay Company chart. Again his gaze completed the circle of the world about him. E AND SLOWLY TOOK IN THE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD THAT REMAINED TO HIM NOW THAT BILL WAS GONE NEAR THE HORIZON THE SUN WAS SMOULDERING DIMLY ALMOST OBSCURED BY FORMLESS MISTS AND VAPORS WHICH GAVE AN IMPRESSION OF MASS AND DENSITY WITHOUT OUTLINE OR TANGIBILITY THE MAN PULLED OUT HIS WATCH THE WHILE RESTING HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG IT WAS FOUR O'CLOCK AND AS THE SEASON WAS NEAR THE LAST OF JULY OR FIRST OF AUGUST HE DID NOT KNOW THE PRECISE DATE WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO HE KNEW THAT THE SUN ROUGHLY MARKED THE NORTH WEST HE LOOKED TO THE SOUTH AND KNEW THAT SOMEWHERE BEYOND THOSE BLEAK HILLS LAY THE GREAT BEAR LAKE ALSO HE KNEW THAT IN THAT DIRECTION THE ARCTIC CIRCLE CUT ITS FORBIDDING WAY ACROSS THE CANADIAN BARRENS THIS STREAM IN WHICH HE STOOD WAS A FEATER TO THE COPPER MINE RIVER WHICH IN TURN FLOWED NORTH AND EMPTIED INTO CORONATION GULF AND THE ARCTIC OCEAN HE HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BUT HE HAD SEEN IT ONCE ON A HUDSON BAY COMPANY CHART AGAIN HIS GAZE COMPLETED THE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD ABOUT HIM
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