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The English have a passion for geographical discovery, from the lord to the cockney, from the merchant down to the dock labourer, and the news of this grand discovery speedily flashed along the telegraph wires, throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom. THE ENGLISH HAVE A PASSION FOR GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY FROM THE LORD TO THE COCKNEY FROM THE MERCHANT DOWN TO THE DOCK LABORER AND THE NEWS OF THIS GRAND DISCOVERY SPEEDILY FLASHED ALONG THE TELEGRAPH WIRES THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE KINGDOM
 Forward were picked up by the Hans Christian, a Danish whaler, on her way to Davis' Straits. They were more like spectres than human beings, and the sight of their sufferings was enough. It told its own tale; but the captain received them with such hearty sympathy, and lavished on them such care and kindness, that he succeeded in keeping them alive. Ten days afterwards, Clawbonny, Johnson, Bell, Altamont, and Captain Hatteras landed at Korsam, in Zealand, an island belonging to Denmark. They took the steamer to Kiel, and from there proceeded by Altona and Hamburg to London, where they arrived on the 13th of the same month, scarcely recovered after their long sufferings. The first care of Clawbonny was to request the Royal Geographical Society to receive a communication from him. He was accordingly admitted to the next [Illustration: --P.267] séance, and one can imagine the astonishment of the learned assembly and the enthusiastic applause produced by the reading of Hatteras' document. NHEARD OF EXERTIONS THE SURVIVORS OF THE FORWARD WERE PICKED UP BY THE HANS CHRISTIAN A DANISH WHALER ON HER WAY TO DAVIS'S STRAITS THEY WERE MORE LIKE SPECTRES THAN HUMAN BEINGS AND THE SIGHT OF THEIR SUFFERINGS WAS ENOUGH IT TOLD ITS OWN TALE BUT THE CAPTAIN RECEIVED THEM WITH SUCH HEARTY SYMPATHY AND LAVISHED ON THEM SUCH CARE AND KINDNESS THAT HE SUCCEEDED IN KEEPING THEM ALIVE TEN DAYS AFTERWARDS CLAWBONNY JOHNSON BELL ALTAMONT AND CAPTAIN HATTERAS LANDED AT CORSUM IN ZEALAND AN ISLAND BELONGING TO DENMARK THEY TOOK THE STEAMER TO KIAL AND FROM THERE PROCEEDED BY ALTONA AND HAMBURG TO LONDON WHERE THEY ARRIVED ON THE THIRTEENTH OF THE SAME MONTH SCARCELY RECOVERED AFTER THEIR LONG SUFFERINGS THE FIRST CARE OF CLAWBONNY WAS TO REQUEST THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY TO RECEIVE A COMMUNICATION FROM HIM HE WAS ACCORDINGLY ADMITTED TO THE NEXT SEANCE AND ONE CAN IMAGINE THE ASTONISHMENT OF THE LEARNED ASSEMBLY AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE PRODUCED BY THE READING OF HATTERAS'S DOCUMENT
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