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to the exclusion of all others. Chum (II
being where he could do no harm,
the captain and some of the crew
came aft and lassoed the dog and
dragged him up onto the deck,
where a pail or two of seawater
dashed over him cooled him off
and brought him out of his fit.
Poor fellow! He had too much salt
had
meat to eat and was suffering from
too much warm weather, and too
little exercise. He did not attack
anyone; he had the headache and
merely wished to get into some place
where he could be quiet and alone.
Late in the afternoon of Monday,
2 August, we sighted the Greenland
coast through the mist. The land
was Camel's Hump, a mountain
0000 feet high in latitude. We