CONTENTS.
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- Our Company[9]
- Building the Ice-Houses.—Matthew Collins's Ghost[19]
- The Silver Thaw.—A Fox Hunt.—Anthony Worrell's Dog[55]
- The Grand Flight.—A Good Stratagem.—The Packet Light[75]
- A Mad Sportsman.—Snow-blind.—A Night Of Peril[95]
- Additions to the Party.—An Indian Outfit.—A Contested Election[110]
- A Change in the Weather.—Breaking up Of
the Ice.—Jim Mountain's
Fight with the Devil[136] - Float-Shooting.—A General Field-Day.—Changes Of the Ice[148]
- Adrift[158]
- The Council.—Passing the Cape[169]
- Taking an Inventory.—Setting up the Stove[175]
- Doctoring Under Difficulties.—An Anxious Night.—Frozen up[187]
- The Chapel Bell.—The First Seal.—The North Cape.—A Snow-Squall[199]
- The Pack Opens.—Mysterious Murmurs.—Love Scenes and Sounds[207]
- A Sail.—The Sealing Grounds.—The Esquimaux Lamp.—An Indian Legend[220]
- The Breeding-Grounds of the Seal.—A
Curious Sight.—A Sharp
Encounter.—Ice Changes[230] - Enlarging the Boat.—Winged Scavengers.—Notice To Quit[244]
- A Change of Base.—Building a Snow-Hut.—The
View from the
Berg.—A Strange Meeting[254] - The Ring.—The Burial.—A Mausoleum of Ice[263]
- A Strange Life-History.—Among the Red Indians[271]
- Northward Again.—The Steamer.—Taking to the Boat[287]
- The Forecastle of the Sealer.—a Sealer's
Story.—The Last
Hunt.—Arrival at St. John's[303] - The Captain's Visit.—Homeward Bound.—Brother and Sister[313]
ILLUSTRATIONS:
- Adrift[Frontis]
- Map of Prince Edward Island and the Northumberland Straits.[8]
- Capt. Lund headed a Party to assist their Friends[32]
- Gie me my Guse, Mon, and dinna delay me[96]
- Well, George, you're here at last[126]
- And the next Second the glittering Teeth were about to close upon his
helpless Victim[236] - On the Top of the Berg they felt repaid for the Fatigue of their Journey
and Ascent[256] - Kneeling beside it, the Lad bowed his Head as if in silent Prayer[268]
- In His Hands La Salle Waved the Banner[296]
(map of Prince Edward Island and the Northumberland Straits.)