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Under the Great Bear

CHAPTER XXVIII
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Here you have both, and close to a navigable waterway." "On which the largest ships may moor to the very cliffs," added Mr.
Balfour.
"It means a fortune to the owner, and I congratulate you, sir." "My dear lad, I don't want it! I am an electrician, not a miner.

Even if I were inclined to work it, which I am not, I should not be permitted to do so, for my earthly interests are very nearly ended.
Therefore I cheerfully relinquish in your favour whatever claim I may have acquired by discovery or occupation.

If you want it, take it, and may God's blessing go with the gift.

Also, under this bed, you will find a bag containing more specimens that may interest you.

Of them we will talk at another time, for now I am weary." With this the man turned his face to the wall, while Cabot, securing the bag, quickly became absorbed in an examination of its contents.
Among these he found rich specimens of iron and copper ores, slabs of the rare and exquisitely beautiful Labradorite, with its sheen of peacock-blue, and even bits of gold-bearing quartz.


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