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Title: American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: French, Harry W. (Harry Willard), 1854-
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Publisher: Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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eider ducks are the handsomest birds I ever saw, said Scott,holding one in his hands as Roy pulled back to the bark. Look atthe head and back, it is white as snow. Then that crimson neck, andbreast as black as coal. And there is gray, green, black and yellow, whiteand brown all mingled there. Once more they set their course, this time due northeast, wishing tomake the southern ports of Greenland, which were very nearly east; butto do it they must allow for the strong course of the arctic current, notedon the chart. As they were moving out of the fjord, one of the sailors spied ahuge whale lying dead upon the rocks, where he had drifted at highwater, wounded by a harpoon, no doubt, from which he had temporarilyescaped. They were close upon some of the fishing grounds, and as theyrounded a high promontory, late in the afternoon, with the shore stillclose upon the port beam, they sighted a stanch, weather-beaten whalerlying at anchor in the straits, while her boats were grappling with an
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IT MEANS ROCKS AND BIRDS. FROM LABRADOR TO GREENLAND. 67 enormous whale. The Snowbird passed within five hundred feet ofthem The sailors eyes danced, as they hung in the rigging and watchedthe excitement of their old trade, and Scott and Roy would willingly have taken a hand. Tisnt much like landing cod, is it ? said Roy, as they turned away J * 1*1 Scott was watching an iceberg. There was, however, very little ice •-5? -% ¥

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