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We were almost beside ourselves with joy, but hunger bade us end our enforced fast. Now that we had found fresh water in the open sea, what might we not expect in this strange latitude where ship had never before sailed and the splash of an oar had never been heard? WE WERE ALMOST BESIDE OURSELVES WITH JOY BUT HUNGER BADE US END OUR ENFORCED FAST NOW THAT WE HAD FOUND FRESH WATER IN THE OPEN SEA WHAT MIGHT WE NOT EXPECT IN THIS STRANGE LATITUDE WHERE SHIP HAD NEVER BEFORE SAILED AND THE SPLASH OF AN OAR HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD
yrotechnic panorama of countless colors and shapes, while below could be seen the green-tinted sea, and above, the purple sky. PART THREE. BEYOND THE NORTH WIND I TRIED to forget my thirst by busying myself with bringing up some food and an empty vessel from the hold. Reaching over the side-rail, I filled the vessel with water for the purpose of laving my hands and face. To my astonishment, when the water came in contact with my lips, I could taste no salt. I was startled by the discovery. "Father!" I fairly gasped, "the water, the water; it is fresh!" "What, Olaf?" exclaimed my father, glancing hastily around. "Surely you are mistaken. There is no land. You are going mad." "But taste it!" I cried. And thus we made the discovery that the water was indeed fresh, absolutely so, without the least briny taste or even the suspicion of a salty flavor. We forthwith filled our two remaining water-casks, and my father declared it was a heavenly dispensation of mercy from the gods Odin and Thor. IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DARURG RECORDING BY JASONS THE SMOKY GOD VOYAGE TO THE INNER WORLD BY WILLIS GEORGE EMERSON BEYOND THE NORTH WIND I TRIED TO FORGET MY THIRST BY BUSYING MYSELF WITH BRINGING UP SOME FOOD AND AN EMPTY VESSEL FROM THE HOLD REACHING OVER THE SIDE RAIL I FILLED THE VESSEL WITH THE WATER FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAVING MY HANDS AND FACE TO MY ASTONISHMENT WHEN THE WATER CAME IN CONTACT WITH MY LIPS I COULD TASTE NO SALT I WAS STARTLED BY THE DISCOVERY FATHER I FAIRLY GASPED THE WATER THE WATER IT IS FRESH WHAT OLAF EXCLAIMED MY FATHER GLANCING HASTILY AROUND SURELY YOU ARE MISTAKEN THERE IS NO LAND YOU ARE GOING MAD BUT TASTED I CRIED AND THUS WE MADE THE DISCOVERY THAT THE WATER WAS INDEED FRESH ABSOLUTELY SO WITHOUT THE LEAST BRINY TASTE OR EVEN THE SUSPICION OF A SALTY FLAVOUR WE FORTHWITH FILLED OUR TWO REMAINING WATER CASKS AND MY FATHER DECLARED IT WAS A HEAVENLY DISPENSATION OF MERCY FROM THE GODS ODIN AND THOR
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