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When I attempted to tell him that I had come from the "inside" of the earth, the captain and mate looked at each other, shook their heads, and insisted on my being put in a bunk under strict surveillance of the ship's physician. I was very weak for want of food, and had not slept for many hours. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TELL HIM THAT I HAD COME FROM THE INSIDE OF THE EARTH THE CAPTAIN AND MATE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND INSISTED ON MY BEING PUT IN A BUNK UNDER STRICT SURVEILLANCE OF THE SHIP'S PHYSICIAN I WAS VERY WEAK FOR WANT OF FOOD AND HAD NOT SLEPT FOR MANY HOURS
expanse of waters without food or drink, and only a treacherous iceberg for an abiding place. My heart sank within me, and all semblance of hope was fading into black despair. Then the hand of the Deliverer was extended, and the death-like stillness of a solitude rapidly becoming unbearable was suddenly broken by the firing of a signal-gun. I looked up in startled amazement, when, I saw, less than a half-mile away, a whaling-vessel bearing down toward me with her sail full set. Evidently my continued activity on the iceberg had attracted their attention. On drawing near, they put out a boat, and, descending cautiously to the water's edge, I was rescued, and a little later lifted on board the whaling-ship. I found it was a Scotch whaler, "The Arlington." She had cleared from Dundee in September, and started immediately for the Antarctic, in search of whales. The captain, Angus MacPherson, seemed kindly disposed, but in matters of discipline, as I soon learned, possessed of an iron will. HORRORS TO BE CAST AWAY IN THIS WIDE EXPANSE OF WATERS WITHOUT FOOD OR DRINK ONLY A TREACHEROUS ICEBERG FOR AN ABIDING PLACE MY HEART SANK WITHIN ME AND ALL SEMBLANCE OF HOPE WAS FADING INTO BLACK DESPAIR THEN THE HAND OF THE DELIVERER WAS EXTENDED AND THE DEATHLIKE STILLNESS OF A SOLITUDE RAPIDLY BECOMING UNBEARABLE WAS SUDDENLY BROKEN BY THE FIRING OF A SIGNAL GUN I LOOKED UP IN STARTLED AMAZEMENT WHEN I SAW LESS THAN A HALF MILE AWAY A WHALING VESSEL BEARING DOWN TOWARD ME WITH HER SAIL FULL SET EVIDENTLY MY CONTINUED ACTIVITY ON THE ICEBERG HAD ATTRACTED THEIR ATTENTION ON DRAWING NEAR THEY PUT OUT A BOAT AND DESCENDING CAUTIOUSLY TO THE WATER'S EDGE I WAS RESCUED AND A LITTLE LATER LIFTED ON BOARD THE WHALING SHIP I FOUND IT WAS A SCOTCH WHALER THE ARLINGTON SHE HAD CLEARED THE DUNDEE IN SEPTEMBER AND STARTED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE ANTARCTIC IN SEARCH OF WHALES THE CAPTAIN ANGUS MACPHERSON SEEMED KINDLY DISPOSED BUT IN MATTERS OF DISCIPLINE AS I SOON LEARNED POSSESSED OF AN IRON WILL
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