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That was little enough should he encounter a bear, for it often takes ten or twelve shots to have any effect on these enormous animals. But the brave Doctor would have been satisfied with humbler game. THAT WAS LITTLE ENOUGH SHOULD HE ENCOUNTER A BEAR FOR IT OFTEN TAKES TEN OR TWELVE SHOTS TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THESE ENORMOUS ANIMALS BUT THE BRAVE DOCTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH HUMBLER GAME
the seal; and found, to his joyful surprise, that they ate it greedily. The Doctor said he was not astonished at this, as in North America the horses were chiefly fed on fish; and he thought that what would satisfy an herbivorous horse might surely content an omnivorous dog. The whole party were soon buried in deep sleep, for they were fairly overcome with fatigue. Johnson awoke his companions early next morning, and the march was resumed in haste. Their lives depended now on their speed, for provisions would only hold out three days longer. The sky was magnificent; the atmosphere extremely clear, and the temperature very low. The sun rose in the form of a long ellipse, owing to refraction, which made his horizontal diameter appear twice the length of his vertical. [Illustration: ] The Doctor, gun in hand, wandered away from the others, braving the solitude and the cold in the hope of discovering game. He had only sufficient powder left to load three times, and he had just three balls. R TRIED HIS BEASTS WITH THE OILY FLESH OF THE SEAL AND FOUND TO HIS JOYFUL SURPRISE THAT THEY ATE IT GREEDILY THE DOCTOR SAID HE WAS NOT ASTONISHED AT THIS AS IN NORTH AMERICA THE HORSES WERE CHIEFLY FED ON FISH AND HE THOUGHT THAT WHAT WOULD SATISFY AN ARBIVOROUS HORSE MIGHT SURELY CONTENT AN OMNIVOROUS DOG THE WHOLE PARTY WERE SOON BURIED IN DEEP SLEEP FOR THEY WERE FAIRLY OVERCOME WITH FATIGUE JOHNSON AWOKE HIS COMPANIONS EARLY NEXT MORNING AND THE MARCH WAS RESUMED IN HASTE THEIR LIVES DEPENDED NOW ON THEIR SPEED FOR PROVISIONS WOULD ONLY HOLD OUT THREE DAYS LONGER THE SKY WAS MAGNIFICENT THE ATMOSPHERE EXTREMELY CLEAR AND THE TEMPERATURE VERY LOW THE SUN ROSE IN THE FORM OF A LONG ELLIPSE OWING TO REFRACTION WHICH MADE HIS HORIZONTAL DIAMETER APPEAR TWICE THE LENGTH OF HIS VERTICAL THE DOCTOR GUN IN HAND WANDERED AWAY FROM THE OTHERS BRAVING THE SOLITUDE AND THE COLD IN THE HOPE OF DISCOVERING GAME HE HAD ONLY SUFFICIENT POWDER LEFT THE LOAD THREE TIMES AND HE HAD JUST THREE BALLS
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