The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-16
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wasn't q piece left half the size Of the
one upon which l was crouchiDg.
-eaBy this time ! was in rather uncomior'
table quarters, for the table Of ice was SC
much lower than the pile that had been
supporting me that I couldn't keep the
freezing spray from daShing over me.
My hope now was the iceberg, and
about the middle Of the afternoon 1t over
took me. You may be sure that l was
on the watch for II, and as 1t moved very
slowly managed to get upon It without
much trouble. l first threw my roll o.
foX.iurs about a dozen feet, where they
caught upon a shelf Office, and then made
the leap myself, and as the raft Of Ice thai
had held me so long was cracking and
splitting and going to fragments against
the mountain j was clambeting up ii
aide 10 80 b g5-.l4g
"Iwas determined to keep those lurs in
hand as long as i could, for they were
worth q little fortune, and as / told you
awhile ago there was Q strong likelihood
Of my being glad enough to use them In
the way Of feed. my y
1.-THE iceberg, as l called it, like all
others was very irregular In outline, and
not much over q hundred feet IN height
while the base was not more than half an
acre in extent ct the most.
Rough and tagged as these masses Of
Ice always arc, / managed TO climb TO the
top without much trouble, and then ]
took my observation. The nearest point
Of land was on the west and was over a
dozen milesAWaN South east, and north
It was all open sea, except where the
fields OF ice could be seen, and l was
drifting nOrthWsTd. have often thought
since then that there are few men who
have ever been placed az l was then
that Is, in such a position that they could
see not sign OF lie anywhere, nor indeed
anything at all except water Ia one form
or other. was standing upon frozen
water, which was afloat, while the long
line which marked the coast was buried
scores Of feet under snow and ice, and
overhead was water again In the form Of
ice.
1.-THE sun was now low In the West and
/ was looking for some place In which 10
shelter myself when made two important
uLsCUNCLlG9s - uG ukHk was luhL tuGL6 hhl5
a Polar bear upon the same iceberg with
me, and the second was that there was a
ship far 10 the northWard, which sudden
" came TO view around. an island, but
which was still a-good long distance
HWSy, and was not likely to pass me be-
fore morning. a. $50.
sThe bear required no little attention.
&c eyed me very closely for a time, but
seemed disposed 10 letme alone; but l was
not equally neutral towards him. man..
aged 10 steal around 10 his rear, aud TO
send a bullet into his heart, so that he
tumbled over and died without my COM
ing within reach Of his claws.
"Well, TO shorten my story, l ate piece
OF raw bear steak Tor supper, and slept all
night beside his carcass wrapped up In
my Ours. Ia the morning the ship was
about half mile TO the nOrthward, and l
had little Trouble In attracting the notice
Of those ON board. 1t proved to be one Of
the vessels belonging 10 The Hudson Bay
Company that was bringing over cargo
of supplies. succeeded in saving my half
dozen black fox skins, and sold them Tor Il
sum OF money that enabled me to retire
from their service, and came down into
where l have lived ever since"
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