Vulgar words in Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; - or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir - John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 (Page 1)

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On the 29th of August, the "Pioneer," much to my joy, was again afloat, and fast to the ice in company with the other vessels; and, although my officers and crew were well fagged out with forty-eight hours' hard labour, parties of them, myself amongst the number, were to be seen trudging across the ice of Union Bay towards Franklin's winter quarters.

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He had been early knocked up from a fall,--serious symptoms threatened, and for nearly a month the gallant officer was dragged upon his sledge; carrying out--thanks to his own pluck, and the zeal of his men--the object of his journey,--the search of the eastern side of Melville Island.

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