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Determined to make up for lost time, they rose next morning very early and started off, Bell and Altamont as usual going ahead of the rest and acting as scouts. DETERMINED TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME THEY ROSE NEXT MORNING VERY EARLY AND STARTED OFF BALIN ALTAMONT AS USUAL GOING AHEAD OF THE REST AND ACTING AS SCOUTS
bottles with this precious substance to examine at leisure, as he had only had a glimpse of the Crimson Cliffs in Baffin's Bay. [Illustration: ] This Field of Blood, as he called it, took three hours to get over, and then the country resumed its usual aspect. [Illustration: At Bell's suggestion torches were contrived.--P.199] CHAPTER XX. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW. On the fourth of July there was such an exceedingly dense fog, that it was very difficult to keep the straight course for the north. No misadventure, however, befel the party during the darkness, except the loss of Bell's snow-shoes. At Bell's suggestion, which fired the Doctor's inventive genius, torches were contrived, made of tow steeped in spirits-of-wine and fastened on the end of a stick, and these served somewhat to help them on, though they made but small progress; for, on the sixth, after the fog had cleared off, the Doctor took their bearings, and found that they had only been marching at the rate of eight miles a day.  TWENTY OF THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIEBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRACKS THAT ORDER RECORDING BY JACK ZOWSKI TALUSON MARYLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES BYRNE CHAPTER TWENTY FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW ON THE FOURTH OF JULY THERE WAS SUCH AN EXCEEDINGLY DENSE FOG THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE STRAIGHT COURSE FOR THE NORTH NO MISADVENTURE HOWEVER BEFELL THE PARTY DURING THE DARKNESS EXCEPT THE LOSS OF BELL'S SNOW SHOES AT BELL'S SUGGESTION WHICH FIRED THE DOCTOR'S INVENTIVE GENIUS TORCHES WERE CONTRIVED MADE OF TOW STEEPED IN SPIRITS OF WINE AND FASTENED ON THE END OF A STICK AND THESE SERVED SOMEWHAT TO HELP THEM ON THOUGH THEY MADE BUT SMALL PROGRESS FOR ON THE SIXTH AFTER THE FOG HAD CLEARED OFF THE DOCTOR TOOK THEIR BEARINGS AND FOUND THAT THEY HAD ONLY BEEN MARCHING AT THE RATE OF EIGHT MILES A DAY
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