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Identifier: adventuresoftwoy00knox (find matches)
Title: Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
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DUCKS ON PRESIDENT LAND. In a quarter of an hour or so the French explorers appeared, and werewelcomed with a loud cheer by the Americans. They had been about tenmiles to the eastward, over ground similar to that traversed by the Ameri-cans, but somewhat more broken, and their progress had been stopped bya ridge of rocks and a glacier which they were unable to cross withoutthe proper appliances for ice-travel. Just beyond the ridge was a conicalrock two or three hundred feet high, and so far as they could ascertain itwas the most elevated point in the neighborhood. One of the officers DISCOVERY OF A COAL-BED. 221
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THE DKVILS THUMB, NEAR MELVILLE BAY. made a sketch of the rock, which he named the Butte Napoleon; themajor said it resembled the Devils Thumb, at the entrance of MelvilleBay, which had been so named on account of its fancied similarity to anenormous thumb pointing in the air. Near the base of this ridge a seamof coal was found, and the indications on the surface showed that it wasapparently of great extent. George and Fred at once suggested the for-mation of the Vivian-Gambetta Coal Company, Limited, but the partywas altogether too weary from the days exertions to draw up the articlesof incorporation. The Gambetta party had been successful in hunting, as they had killeda bear which proved both young and fat, and what was of more conse-quence, he was shot within less than half a mile of camp. The skin was 222 THE VOYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. utilized as a sledge for transporting the meat to the sea-shore, and by thetime the sun went down all the explorers were at their tents. The Amer-icans

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