Lee Scoresby disembarked at t in trying to sell tco tories;  ties o cope ers and fur trappers drifting into too  and the animals.

    It o be o make o terior along t ain; for in normal times track of frozen eart even t ing, the surface was a swamp of churned mud.

    So Lee put  into storage and   several tanks of fuel and some stores, and set off up the swollen river.

    first. Not only  s, but ters ree trunks, brused corpse of a man.

    o pilot carefully and keep ttle engine beating o make any headway.

    ribe. For guidance ry some years before, but t memory le difficulty

    in finding t course among t-running streams, even ters. temperature urbed ts, and a cloud of midges made every outline ment and smoked a succession of pungent cigars,  at bay.

    As for er, s taciturn in t against o o o.

    On teered ttle craft up a creek t joined tream, flocreaked ream er a feo a large round rock, t of a o tied up.

    quot;tage ; o er. quot;Remember ter in Nova Zembla  it? It must be six feet under no;

    quot;I o build t; she said, hopping ashore.

    No more ter urned to salute ttle cro ure universal in to signify friends .

    An old Siberian tartar,  lost in t. c er, whe headman spoke.

    Lee replied, and talk.

    quot;My respects to you and your tribe,quot; Lee said. quot;I   I  it to you.quot;

    tion, and one of he bundle Lee removed from his pack.

    quot;I am seeking a man called Grumman,quot; Lee said. quot;I ell