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The Doctor tried to calm him by caresses, but in vain. The faithful beast, as if he would represent the captain, sprang on shore with a tremendous bound, sending a cloud of cinders after him. THE DOCTOR TRIED TO CALM HIM BY CARESSES BUT IN VAIN THE FAITHFUL BEAST AS IF HE WOULD REPRESENT THE CAPTAIN SPRANG ON SHORE WITH A TREMENDOUS BOUND SENDING A CLOUD OF CINDERS AFTER HIM
 to run in our boat at, and that is all we want." "Let us go on, then," said Clawbonny, dejectedly. He had no heart now for anything. The North Pole was indeed before his eyes, but not the man who had discovered it. As they got nearer the island, which was not more than eight or ten miles in circumference, the navigators noticed a tiny fiord, just large enough to harbour their boat, and made towards it immediately. They feared their captain's dead body would meet their eyes on the coast, and yet it seemed difficult for a corpse to lie on it, for there was no shore, and the sea broke on steep rocks, which were covered with cinders above watermark. At last the little sloop glided gently into the narrow opening between two sandbanks just visible above the water, where she would be safe from the violence of the breakers; but before she could be moored, Duk began howling and barking again in the most piteous manner, as if calling on the cruel sea and stony rocks to yield up his lost master. E TO FIND SOME PLACE TO RUN IN OUR BOAT AT AND THAT IS ALL WE WANT LET US GO ON THEN SAID CLAWBONNY DEJECTEDLY HE HAD NO HEART NOW FOR ANYTHING THE NORTH POLE WAS INDEED BEFORE HIS EYES BUT NOT THE MAN WHO HAD DISCOVERED IT AS THEY GOT NEARER THE ISLAND WHICH WAS NOT MORE THAN EIGHT OR TEN MILES IN CIRCUMFERENCE THE NAVIGATORS NOTICED A TINY FIORD JUST LARGE ENOUGH TO HARBOUR THEIR BOAT AND MADE TOWARDS IT IMMEDIATELY THEY FEARED THEIR CAPTAIN'S DEAD BODY WOULD MEET THEIR EYES ON THE COAST AND YET IT SEEMED DIFFICULT FOR A CORPSE TO LIE ON IT FOR THERE WAS NO SHORE AND THE SEA BROKE ON STEEP ROCKS WHICH WERE COVERED WITH CINDERS ABOVE WATER MARK AT LAST THE LITTLE SLOOP GLIDED GENTLY INTO THE NARROW OPENING BETWEEN THE TWO SAND BANKS JUST VISIBLE ABOVE THE WATER WHERE SHE WOULD BE SAFE FROM THE VIOLENCE OF THE BREAKERS BUT BEFORE SHE COULD BE MOORED DUKE BEGAN HOWLING AND BARKING AGAIN IN THE MOST PITEOUS MANNER AS IF CALLING ON THE CRUEL SEA AND STONY ROCKS TO YIELD UP HIS LOST MASTER
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