CHAPTER XXIL.

The “ Arctic Sun”—Rats! rats! rats!—A hunting-party—Out on the
floes—Hardships.

MONG the many schemes that were planned and
carried out for lightening the long hours of
confinement to their wooden home in the Arctic
Regions, was the newspaper started by Fred Ellice,
and named, as we have already mentioned, the Arctic
Sun.

It was so named because, as Fred stated in his
tirst leading article, it was intended to throw light on
many things at a time when there was no other sun
to cheer them. We cannot help reeretting that it is
not in our power to present a copy of this well-
thumbed periodical to our readers; but being of
opinion that something is better than nothing, we
transcribe the following extract as a specimen of the
contributions from the forecastle. It was entitled —

JOHN BUZZBY’S OPPINYUNS 0’ THINGS IN GIN’RAL.

Mr. Editer—As you was so good as to ax from me
a contribootion to your waluable peeryoddical, I bee
heer to stait that this heer article is intended as a