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"Don't let us lose a minute, then," replied Johnson. "Fire and food  those are our chief wants." "Very well, you take one side and I'll take the other, and we'll search from the centre to the circumference." DON'T LET US LOSE A MINUTE THEN REPLIED JOHNSON FIRE AND FOOD THOSE ARE OUR CHIEF WANTS VERY WELL YOU TAKE ONE SIDE AND I'LL TAKE THE OTHER AND WE'LL SEARCH FROM THE CENTRE TO THE CIRCUMFERENCE
t, the Doctor went foraging about, and had the good fortune to find a little stove, almost undamaged by the explosion. He soon restored it to working trim, and, by the time the hut was completed, had filled it with wood and got it lighted. Before long it was roaring, and diffusing a genial warmth on all sides. The American was brought in and laid on blankets, and the four Englishmen seated themselves round the fire to enjoy their scanty meal of biscuit and hot tea, the last remains of the provisions on the sledge. Not a word was spoken by Hatteras, and the others respected his silence. When the meal was over, the Doctor rose and went out, making a sign to Johnson to follow. "Come, Johnson," he said, "we will take an inventory of all we have left. We must know exactly how we are off, and our treasures are scattered in all directions; so we had better begin, and pick them up as fast as possible, for the snow may fall at any moment, and then it would be quite useless to look for anything.  HUT WAS STILL BEING FURTHER DUG OUT THE DOCTOR WENT FORAGING ABOUT AND HAD GOOD FORTUNE TO FIND A LITTLE STOVE ALMOST UNDAMAGED BY THE EXPLOSION HE SOON RESTORED IT TO WORKING TRIM AND BY THE TIME THE HUT WAS COMPLETED HAD FILLED IT WITH WOOD AND GOT IT LIGHTED BEFORE LONG IT WAS ROARING AND DIFFUSING A GENIAL WARMTH ON ALL SIDES THE AMERICAN WAS BROUGHT IN AND LAID ON BLANKETS AND THE FOUR ENGLISHMEN SEATED THEMSELVES ROUND THE FIRE TO ENJOY THEIR SCANTY MEAL OF BISCUIT AND HOT TEA THE LAST REMAINS OF THE PROVISIONS ON THE SLEDGE NOT A WORD WAS SPOKEN BY HATTERAS AND THE OTHERS RESPECTED HIS SILENCE WHEN THE MEAL WAS OVER THE DOCTOR ROSE AND WENT OUT MAKING A SIGN TO JOHNSON TO FOLLOW COME JOHNSON HE SAID WE WILL TAKE AN INVENTORY OF ALL WE HAVE LEFT WE MUST KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE ARE OFF AND OUR TREASURES ARE SCATTERED IN ALL DIRECTIONS SO WE HAD BETTER BEGIN AND PICK THEM UP AS FAST AS POSSIBLE FOR THE SNOW MAY FALL AT ANY MOMENT AND THEN IT WOULD BE QUITE USELESS TO LOOK FOR ANYTHING
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