Chapter 24 THE MOST NORTHERN POINT EVER REACHED BY MAN.

"And here on snows, where never human foot

Of common mortal trod, we nightly tread

And leave no traces, o'er the savage sea,

The glassy ocean of the mountain ice;

We skim its rugged breakers, which put on

The aspect of a tumbling tempest's foam

Frozen in a moment."

Byron.

May 1st.-A fine sunny morning ushered in the month of