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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. 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
oil. 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? At last sleep overcame the tired men, and one after another dropped off, leaving Hatteras to keep watch. He took the helm, and tried his best not to close his eyes, for he grudged losing precious 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. UR 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 AT LAST SLEEP OVERCAME THE TIRED MEN AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER DROPPED OFF LEAVING HATTERAS TO KEEP WATCH HE TOOK THE HELM AND TRIED HIS BEST NOT TO CLOSE HIS EYES FOR HE GRUDGED LOSING PRECIOUS 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
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