en it ceased
entirely. 'Sleep, sleep on, poor Dean!' murmured I; and I prayed with
all my heart that his reason might not be gone.

"'What could I do?' 'What should I do?' were the questions which soon
crossed my mind respecting the Dean. There was, however, one very
obvious answer,--'Let him alone'; so I rose up from his side, and saw,
as I did so, that he was now sleeping soundly,--a genuine, quiet sleep.
He had become quite warm; and, after some minutes' watching, it appeared
to me very likely that he would, after a while, wake up all right,--a
conclusion which made me very happy; that is, as happy as one so
situated could be.

"After leaving the Dean I once more considered my condition. It seemed
to me that I had grown many years older in these few hours, and I
commenced reasoning with myself. Instead of sitting down on the rock,
and beginning to cry, as I had done before, I sat down to reflect. And
this is the way I reflected:--

"'1st,' I said, 'while there is life there is hope'; and,

"'2d. So long as the land remains unexplored, I have a right to conclude
that it is inhabited'; and,

"'3d. Being inhabited, there is a good chance of our being saved; for
even the worst savages cannot refuse two such helpless creatures food
and clothing.'

"Having thus reflected, I arrived at these conclusions respecting what I
should do; namely,--

"'1st. I will go at once in search of these inhabitants, and when I find
them, I will beg them to come and help me with a sick companion.'

"'2d. On my way I will make my dinner off raw eggs, of which there are
so many hereabout, for I am so frightfully hungry that I can no longer
resist the repulsive food.'

"'3d. I will also hunt on my way for some water, as I am so thirsty that
I scarcely know what to do.'

"'4th. For the rest I will trust to Providence.'

"Having thus resolved, I immediately set out, and in a very few minutes
I had eaten a whole dozen raw eggs,--and that, too, without any disgust
at all. Then, as I walked on a little farther, I discovered that there
were a multitude of small streams dashing over the rocks, the water
being quite pure and clear,--coming from great snow-banks on the
hill-tops, which were melting away before the sun.

"Being thus refreshed with meat and drink, it occurred to me to climb up
to an elevation, and see what more I could discover. The ice was very
thick and closely packed together all along the shore; but beyond where
the wre