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Leaping over a chasm.
ESQUIMAUX LEAPING OVER A CHASM.
ESQUIMAUX LEAPING OVER A CHASM.

Esquimaux leaping over a chasm.

and began to think it prudent to keep close to the shore. The ice also had fissures in many places, some of which formed chasms of one or two feet;