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But, to our dismay, we found the water was now as salt as in the region of the Lofoden Islands off the coast of Norway. This necessitated our being extremely careful of the remaining cask. BUT TO OUR DISMAY WE FOUND THE WATER WAS NOW AS SALT AS IN THE REGION OF THE LYFODE ISLANDS OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY THIS NECESSITATED OUR BEING EXTREMELY CAREFUL OF THE REMAINING CASK
they had entered Lancaster Sound, the motion of the compass needle was very sluggish, and both this and its deviation increased as they progressed to the westward, and continued to do so in descending this inlet. Having reached latitude 73 degrees, they witnessed for the first time the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship, so that the needle might now be said to point to the north pole of the ship.") The sea was serenely smooth, with hardly a choppy wave, and the wind brisk and exhilarating. The sun's rays, while striking us aslant, furnished tranquil warmth. And thus time wore on day after day, and we found from the record in our logbook, we had been sailing eleven days since the storm in the open sea. By strictest economy, our food was holding out fairly well, but beginning to run low. In the meantime, one of our casks of water had been exhausted, and my father said: "We will fill it again. OMENT THEY HAD ENTERED LANCASTER SOUND THE MOTION OF THE COMPASS NEEDLE WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND BOTH THIS AND ITS DEVIATION INCREASED AS THEY PROGRESSED TO THE WESTWARD AND CONTINUED TO DO SO IN DESCENDING THE SUNLET HAVING REACHED LATITUDE SEVENTY THREE DEGREES THEY WITNESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE CURIOUS PHENOMENON OF THE DIRECTIVE POWER OF THE NEEDLE BECOMING SO WEAK AS TO BE COMPLETELY OVERCOME BY THE ATTRACTION OF THE SHIP SO THAT THE NEEDLE MIGHT NOW BE SAID TO POINT TO THE NORTH POLE OF THE SHIP UNQUOTE THE SEA WAS SERENELY SMOOTH WITH HARDLY A CHOPPY WAVE AND THE WIND BRISK AND EXHILARATING THE SUN'S RAYS WHILE STRIKING US ASLANT FURNISHED TRANQUIL WARMTH AND THUS TIME WORE ON DAY AFTER DAY AND WE FOUND FROM THE RECORD IN OUR LOG BOOK WE HAD BEEN SAILING ELEVEN DAYS SINCE THE STORM IN THE OPEN SEA BY STRICTEST ECONOMY OUR FOOD WAS HOLDING OUT FAIRLY WELL BUT BEGINNING TO RUN LOW IN THE MEANTIME ONE OF OUR CASKS OF WATER HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED AND MY FATHER SAID WE WILL FILL IT AGAIN
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