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At last sleep overcame the tired men, and one after another dropped off, leaving Hatteras to keep watch. AT LAST SLEEP OVERCAME THE TIRED MEN AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER DROPPED OFF LEAVING HATTERAS TO KEEP WATCH
t volcanoes be found near the North Pole?" "It is possible, certainly," replied Altamont. "Ah, now I see it distinctly," exclaimed the Doctor." It is a volcano!" "Let us make right for it then," said Hatteras. [Illustration: ] It was impossible longer to doubt the proximity of the coast. In twenty-four hours, probably, the bold navigators might hope to set foot on its untrodden soil. But strange as it was, now that they were so near the goal of their voyage, no one showed the joy which might have been expected. Each man sat silent, absorbed in his own thoughts, wondering what sort of place this Pole must be. The birds seemed to shun it, for though it was evening, they were all flying towards the south with outspread wings. Was it, then, so inhospitable, that not so much as a sea-gull or a ptarmigan could find a shelter? The fish, too, even the large cetacea, were hastening away through the transparent waters. What [Illustration: ] could cause this feeling either of repulsion or terror? RN CONTINENT IN LONGITUDE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY DEGREES AND LATITUDE SEVENTY EIGHT DEGREES WHY THEN SHOULD NOT VOLCANOES BE FOUND NEAR THE NORTH POLE IT IS POSSIBLE CERTAINLY REPLIED ALTAMONT AH NOW I SEE IT DISTINCTLY EXCLAIMED THE DOCTOR IT IS A VOLCANO LET US MAKE RIGHT FOR IT THEN SAID HATTERAS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE LONGER TO DOUBT THE PROXIMITY OF THE COAST IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS PROBABLY THE BOLD NAVIGATORS MIGHT HOPE TO SET FOOT ON ITS UNTRODDEN SOIL BUT STRANGE AS IT WAS NOW THAT THEY WERE SO NEAR THE GOAL OF THEIR VOYAGE NO ONE SHOWED THE JOY WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED EACH MAN SAT SILENT ABSORBED IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS WONDERING WHAT SORT OF PLACE THIS POLE MUST BE THE BIRD SEEMED TO SHUN IT FOR THOUGH IT WAS EVENING THEY WERE ALL FLYING TOWARD THE SOUTH WITH OUTSPREAD WINGS THAT NOT SO MUCH AS A SEA GULL OR PTARMIGAN COULD FIND A SHELTER THE FISH TOO EVEN THE LARGE CETACEI WERE HASTENING AWAY THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT WATERS WHAT COULD CAUSE THIS FEELING EITHER OF REPULSION OR TERROR
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