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"Don't let us stint ourselves," he used to say on these occasions; "food is no unimportant matter in expeditions like ours." "Especially," said Johnson, "when a meal depends on a lucky shot." DON'T LET US STINT OURSELVES HE USED TO SAY ON THESE OCCASIONS FOOD IS NO UNIMPORTANT MATTER IN EXPEDITIONS LIKE OURS ESPECIALLY SAID JOHNSON WHEN A MEAL DEPENDS ON A LUCKY SHOT
s and his companions, however, marched stoically on, and even hailed the downpour with delight, knowing that it would hasten the disappearance of the snow. As they went along, the Doctor often picked up stones, both round ones and flat pebbles, as if worn away by the tide. He thought from this they must be near the Polar Basin, and yet far as the eye could reach was one interminable plain. There was not a trace of houses, or huts, or cairns visible. It was evident that the Greenlanders had not pushed their way so far north, and yet the famished tribes would have found their account in coming, for the country abounded in game. Bears were frequently seen, and numerous herds of musk-oxen and deer. [Illustration: Bell killed a fox and Altamont a musk-ox.--P.192] On the 29th, Bell killed a fox and Altamont a musk-ox. These supplies of fresh food were very acceptable, and even the Doctor surveyed, with considerable satisfaction, the haunches of meat they managed to procure from time to time. E THE THERMOMETER ROSE TO FORTY FIVE DEGREES AND THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS HOWEVER MARCHED STOICALLY ON AND EVEN HAILED THE DOWNPOUR WITH DELIGHT KNOWING THAT IT WOULD HASTEN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SNOW AS THEY WENT ALONG THE DOCTOR OFTEN PICKED UP STONES BOTH ROUND ONES AND FLAT PEBBLES AS IF WORN AWAY BY THE TIDE HE THOUGHT FROM THIS THEY MUST BE NEAR THE POLAR BASIN AND YET FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH WAS ONE INTERMINABLE PLAIN THERE WAS NOT A TRACE OF HOUSES OR HUTS OR CAIRNS VISIBLE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE GREENLANDERS HAD NOT PUSHED THEIR WAY SO FAR NORTH AND YET THE FAMISHED TRIBES WOULD HAVE FOUND THEIR ACCOUNT IN COMING FOR THE COUNTRY ABOUNDED IN GAME BEARS WERE FREQUENTLY SEEN AND NUMEROUS HERDS OF MUSCOCKSEN AND DEER ON THE TWENTY NINTH BELL KILLED A FOX AN ALTAMONT A MUSCOCK THESE SUPPLIES OF FRESH FOOD WERE VERY ACCEPTABLE AND EVEN THE DOCTOR SURVEYED WITH CONSIDERABLE SATISFACTION THE HAUNCHES OF MEAT THEY MANAGED TO PROCURE FROM TIME TO TIME
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