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"Well," said the Doctor, "it strikes me that, instead of trying to get to Baffin's Bay, our best plan would be to go in search of the Porpoise, for here lies a ship a full third of the distance nearer, and, more than that, stocked with everything necessary for winter quarters." WELL SAID THE DOCTOR IT STRIKES ME THAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET TO BAFFIN'S BAY OUR BEST PLAN WOULD BE TO GO IN SEARCH OF THE PORPOISE FOR HERE LIES A SHIP A FULL THIRD OF THE DISTANCE NEARER AND MORE THAN THAT STOCKED WITH EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR WINTER QUARTERS
ard, and that, though she had been thrown on her side, she had not gone to pieces, and there was every chance of saving her cargo. Altamont and his crew had left her two months previously, taking the long boat with them on a sledge. They intended to get to Smith's Sound, and reach some whaler that would take them back to America; but one after another succumbed to fatigue and illness, till at last Altamont and two men were all that remained out of thirty; and truly he had survived by a providential miracle, while his two companions already lay beside him in the sleep of death. Hatteras wished to know why the Porpoise had come so far north, and learned in reply that she had been irresistibly driven there by the ice. But his anxious fears were not satisfied with this explanation, and he asked further what was the purpose of his voyage. Altamont said he wanted to make the north-west passage, and this appeared to content the jealous Englishman, for he made no more reference to the subject. N ABUNDANCE STILL ON BOARD AND THAT THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN THROWN ON HER SIDE SHE HAD NOT GONE TO PIECES AND THERE WAS EVERY CHANCE OF SAVING HER CARGO ALTAMONT AND HIS CREW HAD LEFT HER TWO MONTHS PREVIOUSLY TAKING THE LONGBOAT WITH THEM ON A SLEDGE THEY INTENDED TO GET TO SMITH SOUND AND REACH SOME WHALER THAT WOULD TAKE THEM BACK TO AMERICA BUT ONE AFTER ANOTHER SUCCUMBED TO FATIGUE AND ILLNESS TILL AT LAST ALTAMONT AND TWO MEN WERE ALL THAT REMAINED OUT OF THIRTY AND TRULY HE HAD SURVIVED BY A PROVIDENTIAL MIRACLE WHILE HIS TWO COMPANIONS ALREADY LAY BESIDE HIM IN THE SLEEP OF DEATH HATTERAS WISHED TO KNOW WHY THE PORPOISE HAD COME SO FAR NORTH AND LEARNED IN REPLY THAT SHE HAD BEEN IRRESISTIBLY DRIVEN THERE BY THE ICE BUT HIS ANXIOUS FEARS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS EXPLANATION AND HE ASKED FURTHER WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HIS VOYAGE ALTAMONT SAID HE WANTED TO MAKE THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE AND THIS APPEARED TO CONTENT THE JEALOUS ENGLISHMAN FOR HE MADE NO MORE REFERENCE TO THE SUBJECT
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