large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_05_verne_64kb_45
large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_05_verne_64kb
English
8765
On entering the hut, each man with a load on his back, Clawbonny was struck with the coldness that pervaded the atmosphere. ON ENTERING THE HUT EACH MAN WITH A LOAD ON HIS BACK CLAWBONNY WAS STRUCK WITH THE COLDNESS THAT PERVADED THE ATMOSPHERE
 an end of him, for he fell down at once to rise no more. "Hurrah! Bravo!" shouted Johnson and the Doctor, but Hatteras was as cool and unexcited as possible, and stood with folded arms gazing at his prostrate foe. "It is my turn now," said Johnson. "It is a good thing the bear is killed, but if we leave him out here much longer, he will get as hard as a stone, and we shall be able to do nothing with him." He began forthwith to strip the skin off, and a fine business it was, for the enormous quadruped was almost as large as an ox. It measured nearly nine feet long, and four round, and the great tusks in his jaws were three inches long. On cutting the carcase open, Johnson found nothing but water in the stomach. The beast had evidently had no food for a long time, yet it was very fat, and weighed fifteen hundred pounds. The hunters were so famished that they had hardly patience to carry home the flesh to be cooked, and it needed all the Doctor's persuasion to prevent them eating it raw. NTO THE ANIMAL'S THROAT AND MADE AN END OF HIM FOR HE FELL DOWN AT ONCE TO RISE NO MORE HURRAH BRAVO SHOUTED JOHNSON AND THE DOCTOR BUT HATTERAS WAS AS COOL AND UNEXCITED AS POSSIBLE AND STOOD WITH FOLDED ARMS GAZING AT HIS PROSTRATE FOE IT IS MY TURN NOW SAID JOHNSON IT IS A GOOD THING THE BEAR IS KILLED BUT IF WE LEAVE HIM OUT HERE MUCH LONGER HE WILL GET AS HARD AS A STONE AND WE SHALL BE ABLE TO DO NOTHING WITH HIM HE BEGAN FORTHWITH TO STRIP THE SKIN OFF AND A FINE BUSINESS IT WAS FOR THE ENORMOUS QUADRUPED WAS ALMOST AS LARGE AS AN OX IT MEASURED NEARLY NINE FEET LONG AND FOUR ROUND AND THE GREAT TUSKS IN HIS JAWS WERE THREE INCHES LONG ON CUTTING THE CARCASE OPEN JOHNSON FOUND NOTHING BUT WATER IN THE STOMACH THE BEAST HAD EVIDENTLY HAD NO FOOD FOR A LONG TIME YET IT WAS VERY FAT AND WEIGHED FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS THE HUNTERS WERE SO FAMISHED THAT THEY HAD HARDLY PATIENCE TO CARRY HOME THE FLESH TO BE COOKED AND IT NEEDED ALL THE DOCTOR'S PERSUASION TO PREVENT THEM EATING IT RAW
large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_05_verne_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_05_verne_64kb.flac