294 THE FUR COUNTRY. The boat which had been built at the foot of the cape was completely destroyed. The last hope of the unfortunate colonists was gone ! As they stood watching the awful scene, the buildings, formerly occupied by the soldiers and women, and from which they had escaped in time, gave way beneath an immense block of ice which fell upon tliem. A cry of despair burst from the lips of the house- less outcasts. "And the others, where are they?" cried the Lieutenant in heart-rending tones. "There ! " replied Mac-Nab, pointing to the heap of sand, earth, and ice, beneath which the principal house had entirely disappeared. Yes, the illustrious lady traveller, Madge, Kalumah, and Thomas Black, were buried beneath the avalanche which had surprised them in their sleep I
