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"Besides, isn't there the chance of falling in with some ship that is wintering here?" asked Johnson. BESIDES ISN'T THERE THE CHANCE OF FALLING IN WITH SOME SHIP THAT'S WINTERING THERE ASKED JOHNSON
 courage," continued the Doctor. "We would follow you to the last--you know that. But must we 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 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. A LITTLE HESITATION YOU DON'T DOUBT OUR COURAGE CONTINUED THE DOCTOR WE WOULD FOLLOW YOU TO THE LAST 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
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