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while Clawbonny hurried back into the hut and rekindled the fire. The stove was soon roaring, and it was not many minutes before the savoury odour of broiled bear steaks roused Bell from his torpor. What a feast this meal was to the poor starving men may be imagined. The Doctor, however, counselled moderation in eating, and set the example himself. WHILE CLAWBONNY HURRIED BACK INTO THE HUT AND REKINDLED THE FIRE THE STOVE WAS SOON ROARING AND IT WAS NOT MANY MINUTES BEFORE THE SAVOURY ODOUR OF BROILED BEAR STEAKS ROUSED BELL FROM HIS TORPOR WHAT A FEAST THIS MEAL WAS TO THE POOR STARVING MEN MAY BE IMAGINED THE DOCTOR HOWEVER COUNSELLED MODERATION IN EATING AND SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF
rder and more transparent than the other." "There it is to your hand, if I am not much mistaken," said Johnson, pointing to a hummock close by. [Illustration: ] "I fancy that is fresh water, from the dark look of it, and the green tinge." "You are right. Bring your hatchet, Johnson." A good-sized piece was soon cut off, about a foot in diameter, and the Doctor set to work. He began by chopping it into rough shape with the hatchet; then he operated upon it more carefully with his knife, making as smooth a surface as possible, and finished the polishing process with his fingers, rubbing away until he had obtained as transparent a lens as if it had been made of magnificent crystal. The sun was shining brilliantly enough for the Doctor's experiment. The tinder was fetched, and held beneath the lens so as to catch the rays in full power. In a few seconds it took fire, to Johnson's rapturous delight. He danced about like an idiot, almost beside himself with joy, and shouted, "Hurrah! hurrah! OHNSON YES ONLY I SHOULD LIKE FRESH WATER ICE IT IS HARDER AND MORE TRANSPARENT THAN THE OTHER THERE IT IS TO YOUR HAND IF I AM NOT MUCH MISTAKEN SAID JOHNSON POINTING TO A HUMMOCK CLOSE BY I FANCY THAT IS FRESH WATER FROM THE DARK LOOK OF IT AND THE GREEN TINGE YOU ARE RIGHT BRING YOUR HATCHET JOHNSON A GOOD SIZED PIECE WAS SOON CUT OFF ABOUT A FOOT IN DIAMETER AND THE DOCTOR SET TO WORK HE BEGAN BY CHOPPING IT INTO ROUGH SHAPE WITH THE HATCHET THEN HE OPERATED UPON IT MORE CAREFULLY WITH HIS KNIFE MAKING AS SMOOTH A SURFACE AS POSSIBLE AND FINISHED THE POLISHING PROCESS WITH HIS FINGERS RUBBING AWAY UNTIL HE HAD OBTAINED AS TRANSPARENT A LENS AS IF IT HAD BEEN MADE OF MAGNIFICENT CRYSTAL THE SUN WAS SHINING BRILLIANTLY ENOUGH FOR THE DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENT THE TINDER WAS FETCHED AND HELD BENEATH THE LENS SO AS TO CATCH THE RAYS IN FULL POWER IN A FEW SECONDS IT TOOK FIRE TO JOHNSON'S RAPTUROUS DELIGHT HE DANCED ABOUT LIKE AN IDIOT ALMOST BESIDE HIMSELF WITH JOY AND SHOUTED HURRAH HURRAH
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