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It was a difficult matter to preserve the right course, for the thick fog made it impossible to see more than a few yards off. IT WAS A DIFFICULT MATTER TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE THICK FOG MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE MORE THAN JUST A FEW YARDS OFF
ion of the vessel rocked him into a state of such irresistible somnolence that, in spite of himself, he was soon, like his companions, locked fast in deep slumber. He began to dream, and imagination brought back all the scenes of his past life. He dreamt of his ship, the Forward, and of the traitors that had burnt it. Again he felt all the agonies of disappointment and failure, and forgot his actual situation. Then the scene changed, and he saw himself at the Pole unfurling the Union Jack! While memory and fancy were thus busied, an enormous cloud of an olive tinge had begun to darken sea and sky. A hurricane was at hand. The first blast of the tempest roused the captain and his companions, and they were on their feet in an instant, ready to meet it. The sea had risen tremendously, and the ship was tossing violently up and down on the billows. Hatteras took the helm again, and kept a firm hold of it, while Johnson and Bell baled out the water which was constantly dashing over the ship. US TIME BUT THE SLOW MOTION OF THE VESSEL ROCKED HIM INTO A STATE OF SUCH IRRESISTIBLE SOMNOLENCE THAT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF HE WAS SOON LIKE HIS COMPANIONS LOCKED FAST IN DEEP SLUMBER HE BEGAN TO DREAM AND IMAGINATION BROUGHT BACK ALL THE SCENES OF HIS PAST LIFE HE DREAMT OF HIS SHIP THE FORWARD AND OF THE TRAITORS THAT HAD BURNT IT AGAIN HE FELT ALL THE AGONIES OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND FAILURE AND FORGOT HIS ACTUAL SITUATION THEN THE SCENE CHANGED AND HE SAW HIMSELF AT THE POLE UNFURLING THE UNION JACK WHILE MEMORY AND FANCY WERE THUS BUSIED AN ENORMOUS CLOUD OF AN OLEGED TINGE HAD BEGUN TO DARKEN SEA AND SKY A HURRICANE WAS AT HAND THE FIRST BLAST OF THE TEMPEST ROUSED THE CAPTAIN AND HIS COMPANIONS AND THEY WERE ON THEIR FEET IN AN INSTANT READY TO MEET IT THE SEA HAD RISEN TREMENDOUSLY AND THE SHIP WAS TOSSING VIOLENTLY UP AND DOWN ON THE BILLOWS HATTERAS TOOK THE HELM AGAIN AND KEPT A FIRM HOLD OF IT WHILE JOHNSON AND BELL BALED OUT THE WATER WHICH WAS CONSTANTLY DASHING OVER THE SHIP
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