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As they went along, the Doctor often picked up stones, both round ones and flat pebbles, as if worn away by the tide. AS THEY WENT ALONG THE DOCTOR OFTEN PICKED UP STONES BOTH ROUND ONES AND FLAT PEBBLES AS IF WORN AWAY BY THE TIDE
some remote winter. It was strong enough to bear both the travellers and their sledge, and was covered with dry snow. [Illustration: ] From this point the country became gradually lower, from which the Doctor concluded that it did not extend to the Pole, but that most probably this New America was an island. Up to this time the expedition had been attended with no fatigue. The travellers had only suffered from the intense glare of the sun on the snow, which threatened them with snow-blindness. At another time of the year they might have avoided this by walking during the night, but at present there was no night at all. Happily the snow was beginning to melt, and the brilliancy would diminish as the process of dissolution advanced. [Illustration: ] On the 28th of June the thermometer rose to 45°, and the rain fell in torrents. Hatteras and his companions, however, marched stoically on, and even hailed the downpour with delight, knowing that it would hasten the disappearance of the snow.  THAT IT MUST HAVE DATED FROM SOME REMOTE WINTER IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR BOTH THE TRAVELLERS AND THEIR SLEDGE AND WAS COVERED WITH DRY SNOW FROM THIS POINT THE COUNTRY BECAME GRADUALLY LOWER FROM WHICH THE DOCTOR CONCLUDED THAT IT DID NOT EXTEND TO THE POLE BUT THAT MOST PROBABLY THIS NEW AMERICA WAS AN ISLAND UP TO THIS TIME THE EXPEDITION HAD BEEN ATTENDED WITH NO FATIGUE THE TRAVELLERS HAD ONLY SUFFERED FROM THE INTENSE GLARE OF THE SUN ON THE SNOW WHICH THREATENED THEM WITH SNOW BLINDNESS AT ANOTHER TIME OF THE YEAR THEY MIGHT HAVE AVOIDED THIS BY WALKING DURING THE NIGHT BUT AT PRESENT THERE WAS NO NIGHT AT ALL HAPPILY THE SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO MELT AND THE BRILLIANCY WOULD DIMINISH AS THE PROCESS OF DISSOLUTION ADVANCED ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH OF JUNE THE THERMOMETER ROSE TO FORTY FIVE DEGREES AND THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS HATTERAS AND HIS COMPANIONS HOWEVER MARCHED STOICALLY ON AND EVEN HAILED THE DOWNPOUR WITH DELIGHT KNOWING THAT IT WOULD HASTEN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SNOW
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