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"You are right, Mr. Clawbonny. If the hurricane swept away our tent, I don't know where we should find it again." [Illustration: ] The tent held fast, but sleep was impossible, for the tempest was let loose and raged with tremendous violence. "It seems to me," said the Doctor, during a brief lull in the deafening roar," as if I could hear the sound of collisions between icebergs and ice fields. If we were near the sea, I could really believe there was a general break up in the ice." YOU ARE RIGHT MISTER CLAWBONNY IF THE HURRICANE SWEPT AWAY OUR TENT I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD FIND IT AGAIN THE TENT HELD FAST BUT SLEEP WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TEMPEST WAS LET LOOSE AND RAGED WITH TREMENDOUS VIOLENCE IT SEEMS TO ME SAID THE DOCTOR DURING A BRIEF LULL IN THE DEAFENING ROAR AS IF I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF COLLISIONS BETWEEN ICEBERGS AND ICE FIELDS IF WE WERE NEAR THE SEA I COULD REALLY BELIEVE THERE WAS A GENERAL BREAK UP IN THE ICE
rter of a mile, and then diverged to the west. Should the travellers follow them further? "No," said Hatteras, "let us go on." He was interrupted by an exclamation from the Doctor, who had just picked up an object that gave still more convincing proof of European origin. It was part of a pocket spy-glass! "Well, if we still had any doubts about the footmarks, this settles the case at once, at any rate," said Clawbonny. "Forward!" exclaimed Hatteras so energetically, that instinctively each one obeyed, and the march was resumed forthwith. The day wore away, but no further sign of the presence of suspected rivals was discovered, and they prepared to encamp for the night. The tent was pitched in a ravine for shelter, as the sky was dark and threatening, and a violent north wind was blowing. "I'm afraid we'll have a bad night," said Johnson. "A pretty noisy one, I expect," replied the Doctor, "but not cold. We had better take every precaution, and fasten down our tent with good big stones. AR THE POLE THE FOOTPRINTS EXTENDED FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE THEN DIVERGED TO THE WEST SHOULD THE TRAVELLERS FOLLOW THEM FURTHER NO SAID HARRIS LET US GO ON HE WAS INTERRUPTED BY AN EXCLAMATION FROM THE DOCTOR WHO HAD JUST PICKED UP AN OBJECT THAT GAVE STILL MORE CONVINCING PROOF OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN IT WAS PART OF A POCKET SPY GLASS WELL IF WE STILL HAD ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE FOOTMARKS THIS SETTLES THE CASE AT ONCE AT ANY RATE SAID CLAWBONNY FORWARD EXCLAIMED HATTERAS SO ENERGETICALLY THAT INSTINCTIVELY EACH ONE OBEYED AND THE MARCH WAS RESUMED FORTHWITH THE DAY WORE AWAY BUT NO FURTHER SIGN OF THE PRESENCE OF SUSPECTED RIVALS WAS DISCOVERED AND THEY PREPARED TO ENCAMP FOR THE NIGHT THE TENT WAS PITCHED IN A RAVINE FOR SHELTER AS THE SKY WAS DARK AND THREATENING AND A VIOLENT NORTH WIND WAS BLOWING I'M AFRAID WE'LL HAVE A BAD NIGHT SAID JOHNSON A PRETTY NOISY ONE I EXPECT REPLIED THE DOCTOR BUT NOT COLD WE HAD BETTER TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION AND FASTEN DOWN OUR TENT WITH GOOD BIG STONES
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