Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 284
ur. And when he comes to the sea, he re-quires a sailing-vessel or steamer with charts andmaps and compass to aid him in finding the way.And in the hold there must be food for the useof the crew and passengers during the voyage. But the bird-traveler asks help from no one.He has no use for… … Think of the ex-plorers amid theice and snow ofthe Arctic ! Withwhat difficulty theyfight their way throughthe ice-floes. At timesthey find it impossible toadvance. They are infrequent danger of be-ing crushed by the grinding ice-fields; and whilethey struggle bravely onward, gulls may gocalmly…
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