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Next day the route appeared more difficult, and the weary men could hardly drag themselves along. The dogs had devoured even the entrails of the seal, and began to gnaw their traces. NEXT DAY THE ROUTE APPEARED MORE DIFFICULT AND THE WEARY MEN COULD HARDLY DRAG THEMSELVES ALONG THE DOGS HAD DEVOURED EVEN THE ENTRAILS OF THE SEAL AND BEGAN TO GNAW THEIR TRACES
 hold out three days longer. The sky was magnificent; the atmosphere extremely clear, and the temperature very low. The sun rose in the form of a long ellipse, owing to refraction, which made his horizontal diameter appear twice the length of his vertical. [Illustration: ] The Doctor, gun in hand, wandered away from the others, braving the solitude and the cold in the hope of discovering game. He had only sufficient powder left to load three times, and he had just three balls. That was little enough should he encounter a bear, for it often takes ten or twelve shots to have any effect on these enormous animals. But the brave Doctor would have been satisfied with humbler game. A few hares or foxes would be a welcome addition to their scanty food; but all that day, if even he chanced to see one, either he was too far away, or he was deceived by refraction, and took a wrong aim. He came back to his companions at night with crestfallen looks, having wasted one ball and one charge of powder. ON THEIR SPEED FOR PROVISIONS WOULD ONLY HOLD OUT THREE DAYS LONGER THE SKY WAS MAGNIFICENT THE ATMOSPHERE EXTREMELY CLEAR AND THE TEMPERATURE VERY LOW THE SUN ROSE IN THE FORM OF A LONG ELLIPSE OWING TO REFRACTION WHICH MADE HIS HORIZONTAL DIAMETER APPEAR TWICE THE LENGTH OF HIS VERTICAL THE DOCTOR GUN IN HAND WANDERED AWAY FROM THE OTHERS BRAVING THE SOLITUDE AND THE COLD IN THE HOPE OF DISCOVERING GAME HE HAD ONLY SUFFICIENT POWDER LEFT THE LOAD THREE TIMES AND HE HAD JUST THREE BALLS THAT WAS LITTLE ENOUGH SHOULD HE ENCOUNTER A BEAR FOR IT OFTEN TAKES TEN OR TWELVE SHOTS TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THESE ENORMOUS ANIMALS BUT THE BRAVE DOCTOR WOULD HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH HUMBLER GAME A FEW HARES OR FOXES WOULD BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THEIR SCANTY FOOD BUT ALL THAT DAY IF EVEN HE CHANCED TO SEE ONE EITHER HE WAS TOO FAR AWAY OR HE WAS DECEIVED BY REFRACTION AND TOOK A WRONG AIM HE CAME BACK TO HIS COMPANIONS AT NIGHT WITH CRESTFALLEN LOOKS HAVING WASTED ONE BALL AND ONE CHARGE OF POWDER
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