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