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"We have no alternative," said Clawbonny; "Baffin's Bay is not more than six hundred miles distant. We can sail as long as there is water enough under our sloop, and get to Jones' Sound, and then on to the Danish settlements." "Yes," said Altamont; "let us collect what food remains, and be off at once." After a thorough search, a few cases of pemmican were found scattered here and there, and two barrels of preserved meat, altogether enough for six weeks, and a good supply of powder. WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVES SAID CLAWBONNY BAFFIN'S BAY IS NOT MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED MILES DISTANT WE CAN SAIL AS LONG AS THERE IS WATER ENOUGH UNDER OUR SLOOP AND GET TO JONES SOUND AND THEN ON TO THE DANISH SETTLEMENTS YES SAID ALTAMONT LET US COLLECT WHAT FOOD REMAINS AND BE OFF AT ONCE AFTER A THOROUGH SEARCH A FEW CASES OF PEMMICAN WERE FOUND SCATTERED HERE AND THERE AND TWO BARRELS OF PRESERVED MEAT ALL TOGETHER ENOUGH FOR SIX WEEKS AND A GOOD SUPPLY OF POWDER
e boat, perfectly silent, with lifeless eye and folded arms, and Duk lying at his feet. Clawbonny frequently addressed him, but could elicit no reply. On the 15th they sighted Altamont Harbour, but as the sea was open all along the coast, they determined to go round to Victoria Bay by water, instead of crossing New America in the sledge. The voyage was easy and rapid. In a week they accomplished what had taken a fortnight in the sledge, and on the 23rd they cast anchor in Victoria Bay. As soon as the sloop was made fast, they all hastened to Fort Providence. But what a scene of devastation met their eyes! Doctor's House, stores, powder-magazine, fortifications, all had melted away, and the provisions had been ransacked by devouring animals. The navigators had almost come to the end of their supplies, and had been reckoning on replenishing their stores at Fort Providence. The impossibility of wintering there now was evident, and they decided to get to Baffin's Bay by the shortest route.  LENGTH IN THE BOAT PERFECTLY SILENT WITH LIFELESS EYE AND FOLDED ARMS AND DUKE LYING AT HIS FEET CLAWBONNY FREQUENTLY ADDRESSED HIM BUT COULD ELICIT NO REPLY ON THE FIFTEENTH THEY SIGHTED ALTAMONT HARBOR BUT AS THE SEA WAS OPEN ALL ALONG THE COAST THEY DETERMINED TO GO ROUND TO VICTORIA BAY BY WATER INSTEAD OF CROSSING NEW AMERICA IN THE SLEDGE THE VOYAGE WAS EASY AND RAPID IN A WEEK THEY ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HAD TAKEN A FORTNIGHT IN THE SLEDGE AND ON THE TWENTY THIRD THEY CAST ANCHOR IN VICTORIA BAY AS SOON AS THE SLOOP WAS MADE FAST THEY ALL HASTENED TO FORT PROVIDENCE BUT WHAT A SCENE OF DEVASTATION MET THEIR EYES DOCTOR'S HOUSE STORES POWDER MAGAZINE FORTIFICATIONS ALL HAD MELTED AWAY AND THE PROVISIONS HAD BEEN RANSACKED BY DEVOURING ANIMALS THE NAVIGATORS HAD COME ALMOST TO THE END OF THEIR SUPPLIES AND HAD BEEN RECKONING ON REPLENISHING THEIR STORES AT FORT PROVIDENCE THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF WINTERING THERE NOW WAS EVIDENT AND THEY DECIDED TO GET TO BAFFIN'S BAY BY THE SHORTEST ROUTE
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