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[Illustration: ] All the party were in excellent health, though they had lost flesh a little; but, by attending to the Doctor's wise counsels, they had weathered the winter without being attacked by any of the maladies incident to the climate. S ALL THE PARTY WERE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH THOUGH THEY HAD LOST FLESH A LITTLE BUT BY ATTENDING TO THE DOCTOR'S WISE COUNSELS THEY HAD WEATHERED THE WINTER WITHOUT BEING ATTACKED BY ANY OF THE MALADIES INCIDENT TO THE CLIMATE
plete. Then he carried him off to his den as if the weight were nothing, leaping lightly from pack to pack till he gained terra firma safely. [Illustration: ] On the 22nd of June, Hatteras began to load the sledge. They put in 200 lbs. of salt meat, three cases of vegetables and preserved meat, besides lime-juice, and flour, and medicines. They also took 200 lbs. of powder and a stock of fire-arms. Including the sloop and the Halkett-boat, there was about 1500 lbs. weight, a heavy [Illustration: ] load for four dogs, and all the more as they would have to drag it every day, instead of only four days successively, like the dogs employed by the Esquimaux, who always keep a relay for their sledges. However, the distance to the Pole was not 150 miles at the outside, and they did not intend to go more than twelve miles a day, as they could do it comfortably in a month. Even if land failed them, they could always fall back on the sloop, and finish the journey without fatigue to men or dogs.  COMPLETE THEN HE CARRIED HIM OFF TO HIS DEN AS IF THE WEIGHT WERE NOTHING LEAPING LIGHTLY FROM PACK TO PACK TILL HE GAINED TERRA FIRMA SAFELY ON THE TWENTY SECOND OF JUNE HATTERAS BEGAN TO LOAD THE SLEDGE THEY PUT IN TWO HUNDRED POUNDS OF SALT MEAT THREE CASES OF VEGETABLES AND PRESERVED MEAT BESIDES LIME JUICE AND FLOUR AND MEDICINES THEY ALSO TOOK TWO HUNDRED POUNDS OF POWDER AND A STOCK OF FIREARMS INCLUDING THE SLOOP AND THE HALKET BOAT THERE WAS ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS WEIGHT A HEAVY LOAD FOR FOUR DOGS AND ALL THE MORE AS THEY WOULD HAVE TO DRAG IT EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF ONLY FOUR DAYS SUCCESSIVELY LIKE THE DOGS EMPLOYED BY THE ESQUIMAUX WHO ALWAYS KEEP A RELAY FOR THEIR SLEDGES HOWEVER THE DISTANCE TO THE POLE WAS NOT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES AT THE OUTSIDE AND THEY DID NOT INTEND TO GO MORE THAN TWELVE MILES A DAY AS THEY COULD DO IT COMFORTABLY IN A MONTH EVEN IF LAND FAILED THEM THEY COULD ALWAYS FALL BACK ON THE SLOOP AND FINISH THE JOURNEY WITHOUT FATIGUE TO MEN OR DOG
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