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AURORA AUSTRALIS. city who could afford to pay a certain sum of money, so that it would grow strong and it might not be said to them as to the prophet of old, Go up thou baldhead.

¶ And it came to pass that Shackleton, having got together his ship and men to work the ship, and his steward to gather stores of food and raiment, did look round for men tried and trusted whom he might take with him to dwell in that distant land of snow and of darkness.

First did he choose one who was skilled in the arts of reading signs and portents in the clouds and in the stars, and of steering his way on land, or on the waters by means of a wondrous piece of metal marked with divers figures.

Then took he one who had studied at the seats of learning and had knowledge of all kinds of sickness, and who could join together bones which were broken asunder.

And because that they had been in the ship Discovery, and knew of the land and the people and the beasts that dwelt therein, he did take two from the ships of the Great King.

Also one cunning in the art of making pictures in many colours and pleasing to the eye.