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At last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, Altamont started up with a shout that arrested the whole party, and pointing to a white mass that no eye but his could have distinguished from the surrounding icebergs, exclaimed in a loud, ringing voice, "The Porpoise." AT LAST ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ALTAMONT STARTED UP WITH A SHOUT THAT ARRESTED THE WHOLE PARTY AND POINTING TO A WHITE MASS THAT NO EYE BUT HIS COULD HAVE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE SURROUNDING ICEBERGS EXCLAIMED IN A LOUD RINGING VOICE THE PORPOISE
s moment, but without him and his ship, what would become of us?" "Well, Mr. Clawbonny, you are here to keep things straight anyhow, and that is a blessing." "I hope I may manage it, Johnson." The journey proceeded without any fresh incident, but on the Saturday morning the travellers found themselves in a region of quite an altered character. Instead of the wide smooth plain of ice that had hitherto stretched before them, overturned icebergs and broken hummocks covered the horizon; while the frequent blocks of fresh-water ice showed that some coast was near. Next day, after a hearty breakfast off the bear's paws, the little party continued their route; but the road became toilsome and fatiguing. Altamont lay watching the horizon with feverish anxiety--an anxiety shared by all his companions, for, according to the last reckoning made by Hatteras, they were now exactly in latitude 83° 35" and longitude 120° 15", and the question of life or death would be decided before the day was over. OULD BECOME OF US WELL MISTER CLAWBONNY YOU ARE HERE TO KEEP THINGS STRAIGHT ANYHOW AND THAT IS A BLESSING I HOPE I MAY MANAGE IT JOHNSON THE JOURNEY PROCEEDED WITHOUT ANY FRESH INCIDENT BUT ON THE SATURDAY MORNING THE TRAVELLERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN A REGION OF QUITE AN ALTERED CHARACTER INSTEAD OF THE WIDE SMOOTH PLAIN OF ICE THAT HAD HITHERTO STRETCHED BEFORE THEM OVERTURNED ICEBERGS AND BROKEN HUMMOCKS COVERED THE HORIZON WHILE THE FREQUENT BLOCKS OF FRESH WATER ICE SHOWED THAT SOME COAST WAS NEAR NEXT DAY AFTER A HEARTY BREAKFAST OFF THE BEAR'S PAWS THE LITTLE PARTY CONTINUED THEIR ROUTE BUT THE ROAD BECAME TOILSOME AND FATIGUING ALTAMONT LAY WATCHING THE HORIZON WITH FEVERISH ANXIETY AN ANXIETY SHARED BY ALL HIS COMPANIONS FOR ACCORDING TO THE LAST RECKONING MADE BY HATTERAS THEY WERE NOW EXACTLY IN LATITUDE EIGHTY THREE DEGREES THIRTY FIVE MINUTES IN LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DEGREES FIFTEEN MINUTES AND THE QUESTION OF LIFE OR DEATH WOULD BE DECIDED BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER
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