Letters From High Latitudes By Lord Dufferin















































































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To-morrow I leave Copenhagen, and my good Sigurdr, whose
companionship has been a constant source of enjoyment,
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To-Morrow I Leave Copenhagen, And My Good Sigurdr, Whose Companionship Has Been A Constant Source Of Enjoyment, Both To

Fitz and myself, during the whole voyage; I trust that I leave with him a friendly remembrance of our too

Short connexion, and pleasant thoughts of the strange places and things we have seen together; as I take away with me a most affectionate memory of his frank and kindly nature, his ready sympathy, and his imperturbable good humour. From the day on which I shipped him - an entire stranger - until this eve of our separation - as friends, through scenes of occasional discomfort, and circumstances which might sometimes have tried both temper and spirits - shut up as we were for four months in the necessarily close communion of life on board a vessel of eighty tons, - there has never been the shadow of a cloud between us; henceforth, the words "an Icelander" can convey no cold or ungenial associations to my ears, and however much my imagination has hitherto delighted in the past history of that singular island, its Present will always claim a deeper and warmer interest from me, for Sigurdr's sake.

To-morrow Fitz and I start for Hamburg, and very soon after - at least as soon as railroad and steamer can bring me - I look for the joy of seeing your face again.

By the time this reaches Portsmouth, the "Foam" will have perfomed a voyage of six thousand miles.

I have had a most happy time of it, but I fear my amusement will have cost you many a weary hour of anxiety and suspense.

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