CHAPTER XXV.

Escape to Upernavik—Letter from home—Mcetuck’s grandmother— Dumps
and Poker again.

k°® three long weeks the shipwrecked mariners

were buffeted by winds and waves in open
boats, but at last they were euided in safety through
all their dangers and vicissitudes to the colony of
Upernavik. Here they found several vessels on the
point of setting out for Europe, one of which was
bound for England, and in this vessel the crew of the
Dolphin resolved to ship.

Nothing of particular interest occurred at this
solitary settlement except one thing, but that one
thing was a great event, and deserves very special
notice. It was nothing less than the receipt of a
letter by Fred from his cousin Isobel! Fred and
Isobel, having been brought up for several years to-
gether, felt towards each other like brother and sister.

Fred received the letter from the pastor of the
settlement shortly after landing, while his father and
the captain were on board the English brig making
arrangements for their passage home. He could
scarcely believe his eyes when he beheld the well-