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Bears were frequently seen, and numerous herds of musk oxen and deer. BEARS WERE FREQUENTLY SEEN AND NUMEROUS HERDS OF MUSCOCKSEN AND DEER
with snow-blindness. At another time of the year they might have avoided this by walking during the night, but at present there was no night at all. Happily the snow was beginning to melt, and the brilliancy would diminish as the process of dissolution advanced. [Illustration: ] On the 28th of June the thermometer rose to 45°, and the rain fell in torrents. Hatteras and his companions, however, marched stoically on, and even hailed the downpour with delight, knowing that it would hasten the disappearance of the snow. As they went along, the Doctor often picked up stones, both round ones and flat pebbles, as if worn away by the tide. He thought from this they must be near the Polar Basin, and yet far as the eye could reach was one interminable plain. There was not a trace of houses, or huts, or cairns visible. It was evident that the Greenlanders had not pushed their way so far north, and yet the famished tribes would have found their account in coming, for the country abounded in game.  THREATENED THEM WITH SNOW BLINDNESS AT ANOTHER TIME OF THE YEAR THEY MIGHT HAVE AVOIDED THIS BY WALKING DURING THE NIGHT BUT AT PRESENT THERE WAS NO NIGHT AT ALL HAPPILY THE SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO MELT AND THE BRILLIANCY WOULD DIMINISH AS THE PROCESS OF DISSOLUTION ADVANCED ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF JUNE THE THERMOMETER ROSE TO FORTY FIVE DEGREES AND THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS HOWEVER MARCHED STOICALLY ON AND EVEN HAILED THE DOWNPOUR WITH DELIGHT KNOWING THAT IT WOULD HASTEN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SNOW AS THEY WENT ALONG THE DOCTOR OFTEN PICKED UP STONES BOTH ROUND ONES AND FLAT PEBBLES AS IF WORN AWAY BY THE TIDE HE THOUGHT FROM THIS THEY MUST BE NEAR THE POLAR BASIN AND YET FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH WAS ONE INTERMINABLE PLAIN THERE WAS NOT A TRACE OF HOUSES OR HUTS OR CAIRNS VISIBLE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE GREENLANDERS HAD NOT PUSHED THEIR WAY SO FAR NORTH AND YET THE FAMISHED TRIBES WOULD HAVE FOUND THEIR ACCOUNT IN COMING FOR THE COUNTRY ABOUNDED IN GAME
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