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In the evening he caught three more minnows, eating two and saving the third for breakfast. The sun had dried stray shreds of moss, and he was able to warm himself with hot water. IN THE EVENING HE CAUGHT THREE MORE MINNOWS EATING TWO AND SAVING THE THIRD FOR BREAKFAST THE SUN HAD DRIED STRAY SHREDS OF MOSS AND HE WAS ABLE TO WARM HIMSELF WITH HOT WATER
ite, he realized that he was weak. He was compelled to pause for frequent rests, when he attacked the muskeg berries and rush-grass patches. His tongue felt dry and large, as though covered with a fine hairy growth, and it tasted bitter in his mouth. His heart gave him a great deal of trouble. When he had travelled a few minutes it would begin a remorseless thump, thump, thump, and then leap up and away in a painful flutter of beats that choked him and made him go faint and dizzy. In the middle of the day he found two minnows in a large pool. It was impossible to bale it, but he was calmer now and managed to catch them in his tin bucket. They were no longer than his little finger, but he was not particularly hungry. The dull ache in his stomach had been growing duller and fainter. It seemed almost that his stomach was dozing. He ate the fish raw, masticating with painstaking care, for the eating was an act of pure reason. While he had no desire to eat, he knew that he must eat to live. E NO LONGER SO EXQUISITE HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS WEAK HE WAS COMPELLED TO PAUSE FOR FREQUENT RESTS WHEN HE ATTACKED THE MUSKEG BERRIES AND RUSH GRASS PATCHES HIS TONGUE FELT DRY AND LARGE AS THOUGH COVERED WITH A FINE HAIRY GROWTH AND IT TASTED BITTER IN HIS MOUTH HIS HEART GAVE HIM A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE WHEN HE HAD TRAVELLED A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD BEGIN A REMORSELESS THUMP THUMP THUMP AND THEN LEAP UP AND GO AWAY IN A PAINFUL FLUTTER OF BEATS THAT CHOKED HIM AND MADE HIM GO FAINT AND DIZZY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY HE FOUND TWO MINNOWS IN A LARGE POOL IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BAIL IT BUT HE WAS CALMER NOW AND MANAGED TO CATCH THEM IN HIS TIN BUCKET THEY WERE NO LONGER THAN HIS LITTLE FINGER BUT HE WAS NOT PARTICULARLY HUNGRY THE DULL ACHE IN HIS STOMACH HAD BEEN GROWING DULLER AND FAINTER IT SEEMED ALMOST THAT HIS STOMACH WAS DOZING HE ATE THE FISH RAW MASTICATING WITH PAINSTAKING CARE FOR THE EATING WAS AN ACT OF PURE REASON WHILE HE HAD NO DESIRE TO EAT HE KNEW THAT HE MUST EAT TO LIVE
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