An Antarctic Mystery (34 page)

Arthur Pym, the hero whom Edgar Poe has made so famous, has shown
the way. It is for others to follow him, and to wrest the last
Antarctic Mystery from the Sphinx of the Ice-realm.

[1]
Thomas D'Arcy McGee. (J.V.)

[2]
The American "lion" is only a small species of pumas and not formidable enough to terrify a Nantucket youth. J.V.

[3]
The French word is banquise, which means the vast stretch of icebergs farther south than the barrière or ice wall.

[4]
The legendary etymology of this piscatorial designation is Janitore, the "door-keeper," in allusion to St. Peter, who brought a fish said to be of that species, to our Lord at His command.