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"Yes, but we need not hurry over it," said the Doctor; "let us do it well while we're about it, and for a time we can make shift on board; for we must build a good, substantial house, that will protect us from the bears as well as the cold. YES BUT WE NEED NOT HURRY OVER IT SAID THE DOCTOR LET US DO IT WELL WHILE WE'RE ABOUT IT AND FOR A TIME WE CAN MAKE SHIFT ON BOARD FOR WE MUST BUILD A GOOD SUBSTANTIAL HOUSE THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM THE BEARS AS WELL AS THE COLD
hes here with their silvery blossom--not even a single withered leaf to be seen --not a blade of grass! Yet this was a glad day to the travellers, for it promised them speedy deliverance from the death that had seemed so inevitable. They hastened onward, the dogs put forth renewed energy, and Duk barked his loudest, till, before long, they arrived at the ship. The Porpoise was completely buried under the snow. All her masts and rigging had been destroyed in the shipwreck, and she was lying on a bed of rocks so entirely on her side that her hull was uppermost. They had to knock away fifteen feet of ice before they could even catch a glimpse of her, and it was not without great difficulty that they managed to get on board, and made the welcome discovery that the provision stores had not been visited by any four-footed marauders. It was quite evident, however, that the ship was not habitable. "Never mind!" said Hatteras, "we must build a snow-house, and make ourselves comfortable on land. NCE PREVAILED NO WILLOW BRANCHES HERE WITH THEIR SILVERY BLOSSOM NOT EVEN A SINGLE WITHERED LEAF TO BE SEEN NOT A BLADE OF GRASS YET THIS WAS A GLAD DAY TO THE TRAVELLERS FOR IT PROMISED THEM SPEEDY DELIVERANCE FROM THE DEPTH THAT HAD SEEMED SO INEVITABLE THEY HASTENED ONWARD THE DOGS PUT FORTH RENEWED ENERGY AND DUKE BARKED AS LOUDEST TILL BEFORE LONG THEY ARRIVED AT THE SHIP THE PORPOISE WAS COMPLETELY BURIED UNDER THE SNOW ALL HER MASTS AND RIGGING HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN THE SHIPWRECK AND SHE WAS LYING ON A BED OF ROCK SO ENTIRELY ON HER SIDE THAT HER HULL WAS UPPERMOST THEY HAD TO KNOCK AWAY FIFTEEN FEET OF ICE BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN CATCH A GLIMPSE OF HER AND IT WAS NOT WITHOUT GREAT DIFFICULTY THAT THEY MANAGED TO GET ON BOARD AND MADE THE WELCOME DISCOVERY THAT THE PROVISION STORES HAD NOT BEEN VISITED BY ANY FOUR FOOTED MARAUDERS IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT HOWEVER THAT THE SHIP WAS NOT HABITABLE NEVER MIND SAID HATTERAS WE MUST BUILD A SNOW HOUSE AND MAKE OURSELVES COMFORTABLE ON LAND
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