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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

1.[A Russian Carriage.]Frontispiece
2.[An Old Woman of Greenland.]PAGE 9
3.[The Barren Grounds in Summer.]14
4.[Egg Gathering.]21
5.[Arctic Birds.]23
6.[Bird Catching.]25
7.[The Edge of a Pack.]30
8.[Lifted by the Ice.]32
9.[Among the Icebergs.]33
10.[Encounter with Icebergs.]40
11.[An Arctic Scene.]40
12.[A Greenland Glacier.]43
13.[Arctic Navigation.]47
14.[Seal-hunting on the Ice.]50
15.[Walrus.]53
16.[The Walrus.]55
17.[Polar Bears.]61
18.[An Unpleasant Experience.]62
19.[Greenlanders.]66
20.[Esquimaux Hut.]70
21.[Esquimaux Village.]73
22.[Dog Sledge.]76
23.[Arctic Dog.]77
24.[Danish Settlement in Greenland.]81
25.[The River Jokulsa.]85
26.[Mt. Hecla.]85
27.[Great Geyser.]94
28.[Reykjavik.]95
29.[Travelling in Iceland.]98
30.[Icelandic Interior.]101

CHAPTER I.