CHAPTER XXIX.

The Main Party sent back.--Plunging into the Hummocks again.--Advantages of Dogs.--Camp in an Ice-Cave.--Nursing the Dogs.--Snow-Blindness.--A Chapter of Accidents.--Cape Hawks.--Cape Napoleon.--Storm-stayed.--Grinnell Land looming up.--Discovering a Sound.--Ravenous Disposition of Dogs.--A Cheerless Supper.--Camping in the Open Air.--Prostration of Men and Dogs.--Making the Land at last

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