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When we had partaken heartily of the repast, I told my father I believed I would sleep, as I was beginning to feel quite drowsy. "Very well," he replied, "I will keep the watch." I have no way to determine how long I slept; I only know that I was rudely awakened by a terrible commotion of the sloop. To my surprise, I found my father sleeping soundly. WHEN WE HAD PARTAKEN HEARTILY OF THE REPAST I TOLD MY FATHER I BELIEVED I WOULD SLEEP AS I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL QUITE DROWSY VERY WELL HE REPLIED I WILL KEEP THE WATCH I HAVE NO WAY TO DETERMINE HOW LONG I SLEPT I ONLY KNOW THAT I WAS RUDELY AWAKENED BY A TERRIBLE COMMOTION OF THE SLOOP TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND MY FATHER SLEEPING SOUNDLY
al needs. Instead of the cold being intense as we had anticipated, it was really warmer and more pleasant than it had been while in Hammerfest on the north coast of Norway, some six weeks before.(9) (9 Captain Peary's second voyage relates another circumstance which may serve to confirm a conjecture which has long been maintained by some, that an open sea, free of ice, exists at or near the Pole. "On the second of November," says Peary, "the wind freshened up to a gale from north by west, lowered the thermometer before midnight to 5 degrees, whereas, a rise of wind at Melville Island was generally accompanied by a simultaneous rise in the thermometer at low temperatures. May not this," he asks, "be occasioned by the wind blowing over an open sea in the quarter from which the wind blows? And tend to confirm the opinion that at or near the Pole an open sea exists?") We both frankly admitted that we were very hungry, and forthwith I prepared a substantial meal from our well-stored larder. AL NEEDS INSTEAD OF THE COLD AND TENSE AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED IT WAS REALLY WARMER AND MORE PLEASANT THAN IT HAD BEEN WHILE IN AMERFUST ON THE NORTH COAST OF NORWAY SOME SIX WEEKS BEFORE NOTE NINE CAPTAIN PERRY'S SECOND VOYAGE RELATES ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH MAY SERVE TO CONFIRM A CONJECTURE WHICH HAS LONG BEEN MAINTAINED BY SOME THAT AN OPEN SEA FREE OF ICE EXISTS AT OR NEAR THE POLE QUOTE ON THE SECOND OF NOVEMBER SAYS PERIOD THE WIND FRESHENED UP TO A GALE FROM THE NORTH BY NORTHWEST LOWERED THE THERMOMETER BEFORE MIDNIGHT TO FIVE DEGREES WHEREAS OUR RISE OF WIND AT MELVILLE ISLAND WAS GENERALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A SIMULTANEOUS RISE IN THE THERMOMETER AT LOW TEMPERATURES MAY NOT THIS HE ASKS BE OCCASIONED BY THE WIND BLOWING OVER AN OPEN SEA IN THE QUARTER FROM WHICH THE WIND BLOWS AND TEND TO CONFIRM THE OPINION THAT AT OR NEAR THE POLE AN OPEN SEA EXISTS UNQUOTE WE BOTH FRANKLY ADMITTED THAT WE WERE VERY HUNGRY AND FORTHWITH I PREPARED A SUBSTANTIAL MEAL FROM OUR WELL STORED LARDER
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