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Charles Winslow Hall

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    1. Our Company9
    2. Building the Ice-Houses.—Matthew Collins's Ghost19
    3. The Silver Thaw.—A Fox Hunt.—Anthony Worrell's Dog55
    4. The Grand Flight.—A Good Stratagem.—The Packet Light75
    5. A Mad Sportsman.—Snow-blind.—A Night Of Peril95
    6. Additions to the Party.—An Indian Outfit.—A Contested Election110
    7. A Change in the Weather.—Breaking up Of the Ice.—Jim Mountain's
      Fight with the Devil136
    8. Float-Shooting.—A General Field-Day.—Changes Of the Ice148
    9. Adrift158
    10. The Council.—Passing the Cape169
    11. Taking an Inventory.—Setting up the Stove175
    12. Doctoring Under Difficulties.—An Anxious Night.—Frozen up187
    13. The Chapel Bell.—The First Seal.—The North Cape.—A Snow-Squall199
    14. The Pack Opens.—Mysterious Murmurs.—Love Scenes and Sounds207
    15. A Sail.—The Sealing Grounds.—The Esquimaux Lamp.—An Indian Legend220
    16. The Breeding-Grounds of the Seal.—A Curious Sight.—A Sharp
      Encounter.—Ice Changes230
    17. Enlarging the Boat.—Winged Scavengers.—Notice To Quit244
    18. A Change of Base.—Building a Snow-Hut.—The View from the
      Berg.—A Strange Meeting254
    19. The Ring.—The Burial.—A Mausoleum of Ice263
    20. A Strange Life-History.—Among the Red Indians271
    21. Northward Again.—The Steamer.—Taking to the Boat287
    22. The Forecastle of the Sealer.—a Sealer's Story.—The Last
      Hunt.—Arrival at St. John's303
    23. The Captain's Visit.—Homeward Bound.—Brother and Sister313
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