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"Even supposing the Sound is blocked up, couldn't we get across to some Greenland or Danish settlement? At any rate, Hatteras, we can get nothing by remaining here. The route to England is towards the south, not the north." "Yes," said Bell, "Mr. Clawbonny is right. We must start, and start at once. We have been forgetting our country too long already." "Is this your advice, Johnson?" asked Hatteras again. "Yes, captain." "And yours, Doctor?" "Yes, Hatteras." EVEN SUPPOSING THE SOUND IS BLOCKED UP COULDN'T WE GET ACROSS TO SOME GREENLAND OR DANISH SETTLEMENT AT ANY RATE HATTERAS WE CAN GET NOTHING BY REMAINING HERE THE ROUTE TO ENGLAND IS TOWARDS THE SOUTH NOT THE NORTH YES SAID BELL MISTER CLAWBONNY IS RIGHT WE MUST START AND START AT ONCE WE HAVE BEEN FORGETTING OUR COUNTRY TOO LONG ALREADY IS THIS YOUR ADVICE JOHNSON ASKED HATTERAS AGAIN YES CAPTAIN AND YOURS DOCTOR YES HATTERAS
time, give up all hope of reaching the Pole? Your plans have been defeated by treachery. Natural difficulties you might have overcome, but you have been outmatched by perfidy and human weakness. You have done all that man could do, and you would have succeeded I am certain; but situated as we are now, are you not obliged to relinquish your projects for the present, and is not a return to England even positively necessary before you could continue them?" "Well, captain?" asked Johnson after waiting a considerable time for Hatteras to reply. Thus interrogated, he raised his head, and said in a constrained tone-- "You think yourselves quite certain then of reaching the Sound, exhausted though you are, and almost without food?" "No," replied the Doctor, "but there is one thing certain, the Sound won't come to us, we must go to it. We may chance to find some Esquimaux tribes further south." "Besides, isn't there the chance of falling in with some ship that is wintering here?" asked Johnson. AST YOU KNOW THAT BUT WE MUST NOT MEANTIME GIVE UP ALL HOPE OF REACHING THE POLE YOUR PLANS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY TREACHERY NATURAL DIFFICULTIES YOU MIGHT HAVE OVERCOME BUT YOU HAVE BEEN OUTMATCHED BY PERFIDY AND HUMAN WEAKNESS YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT MAN CAN DO AND YOU WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED I AM CERTAIN BUT SITUATED AS WE ARE NOW ARE YOU NOT OBLIGED TO RELINQUISH YOUR PROJECTS FOR THE PRESENT AND IS NOT A RETURN TO ENGLAND EVEN POSITIVELY NECESSARY BEFORE YOU COULD CONTINUE THEM WELL CAPTAIN ASKED JOHNSON AFTER WAITING A CONSIDERABLE TIME FOR HATTERAS TO REPLY THUS INTERROGATED HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND SAID IN A CONSTRAINED TONE YOU THINK YOURSELVES QUITE CERTAIN THEN OF REACHING THE SOUND EXHAUSTED THOUGH YOU ARE AND ALMOST WITHOUT FOOD NO REPLIED THE DOCTOR BUT THERE IS ONE THING CERTAIN THE SOUND WON'T COME TO US AND WE MUST GO TO IT WE MAY CHANCE TO FIND SOME ESQUIMAUX TRIBES FURTHER SOUTH BESIDES ISN'T THERE THE CHANCE OF FALLING IN WITH SOME SHIP THAT'S WINTERING THERE ASKED JOHNSON
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