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"You are right, Johnson," returned the Doctor. "If we start to morrow, we must reach the Porpoise by the 15th of March, unless we mean to die of starvation. What do you say, Hatteras?" YOU ARE RIGHT JOHNSON RETURNED THE DOCTOR IF WE START TO MORROW WE MUST REACH THE PORPOISE BY THE FIFTEENTH OF MARCH UNLESS WE MEAN TO DIE OF STARVATION WHAT DO YOU SAY HATTERAS
d 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. "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." "I see no other course open to us," replied Bell. "And the sooner we go the better," added Johnson, "for the time we allow ourselves must depend on our provisions. 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 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 I SEE NO OTHER COURSE OPEN TO US REPLIED BELL AND THE SOONER WE GO THE BETTER ADDED JOHNSON FOR THE TIME WE ALLOW OURSELVES MUST DEPEND ON OUR PROVISIONS
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