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As soon as the poker was red hot, he said to his comrades who stood eagerly watching him, wondering what he was going to do   "This red hot bar will keep off the bears when they try to get hold of it, and we shall be able easily to fire across it without letting them snatch away our guns." AS SOON AS THE POKER WAS RED HOT HE SAID TO HIS COMRADES WHO STOOD EAGERLY WATCHING HIM WONDERING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO THIS RED HOT BAR WILL KEEP OFF THE BEARS WHEN THEY TRY TO GET HOLD OF IT AND WE SHALL BE ABLE EASILY TO FIRE ACROSS IT WITHOUT LETTING THEM SNATCH AWAY OUR GUNS
ht fire on his assailants. He had soon scooped out a hole in the wall, but his gun was hardly pushed through, when it was seized with irresistible force, and wrested from his grasp before he could even fire. "Confound it!" he exclaimed, "we're no match for them." And he hastened to stop up the breach as fast as possible. This state of things had lasted upwards of an hour, and there seemed no prospect of a termination. The question of a sortie began now to be seriously discussed. There was little chance of success, as the bears could not be attacked separately, but Hatteras and his companions had grown so impatient, and it must be confessed were also so much ashamed of being kept in prison by beasts, that they would even have dared the risk if the captain had not suddenly thought of a new mode of defence. He took Johnson's furnace-poker, and thrust it into the stove while he made an opening in the snow wall, or rather a partial opening, for he left a thin sheet of ice on the outer side. HOLE THROUGH WHICH HE MIGHT FIRE ON HIS ASSAILANTS HE HAD SOON SCOOPED OUT A HOLE IN THE WALL BUT HIS GUN WAS HARDLY PUSHED THROUGH WHEN IT WAS SEIZED WITH IRRESISTIBLE FORCE AND WRESTED FROM HIS GRASP BEFORE HE COULD EVEN FIRE CONFOUND IT HE EXCLAIMED WE'RE NO MATCH FOR THEM AND HE HASTENED TO STOP UP THE BREACH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE THIS STATE OF THINGS HAD LASTED UPWARDS OF AN HOUR AND THERE SEEMED NO PROSPECT OF A TERMINATION THE QUESTION OF A SORTIE BEGAN NOW TO BE SERIOUSLY DISCUSSED THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS AS THE BEARS COULD NOT BE ATTACKED SEPARATELY BUT HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS HAD GROWN SO IMPATIENT AND IT MUST BE CONFESSED WERE ALSO SO MUCH ASHAMED OF BEING KEPT IN PRISON BY BEASTS THAT THEY WOULD EVEN HAVE DARED THE RISK IF THE CAPTAIN HAD NOT SUDDENLY THOUGHT OF A NEW MODE OF DEFENCE HE TOOK JOHNSON'S FURNACE POKER AND THRUST IT INTO THE STOVE WHILE HE MADE AN OPENING IN THE SNOW WALL OR RATHER A PARTIAL OPENING FOR HE LEFT A THIN SHEET OF ICE ON THE OUTER SIDE
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