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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. 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
 light their stove and lie down beside it to stretch their weary limbs. CHAPTER IV. THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER Johnson was obliged to take the dogs inside the hut, for they would have been soon frozen outside in such dry weather. Had it been snowing they would have been safe enough, for the snow served as a covering, and kept in the natural heat of the animals. The old sailor, who made a first-rate dog-driver, 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 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. S IN MARYLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES BYRNE CHAPTER FOUR THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER JOHNSON WAS OBLIGED TO TAKE THE DOGS INSIDE THE HUT FOR THEY WOULD HAVE SOON BEEN FROZEN OUTSIDE IN SUCH DRIVE WEATHER HAD IT BEEN SNOWING THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE ENOUGH FOR THE SNOW SERVED AS A COVERING AND KEPT IN THE NATURAL HEAT OF THE ANIMALS THE OLD SAILOR WHO MADE A FIRST RATE DOG DRIVER 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
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