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No willow branches here with their silvery blossom  not even a single withered leaf to be seen   not a blade of grass! Yet this was a glad day to the travellers, for it promised them speedy deliverance from the death that had seemed so inevitable. NO WILLOW BRANCHES HERE WITH THEIR SILVERY BLOSSOM NOT EVEN A SINGLE WITHERED LEAF TO BE SEEN NOT A BLADE OF GRASS YET THIS WAS A GLAD DAY TO THE TRAVELLERS FOR IT PROMISED THEM SPEEDY DELIVERANCE FROM THE DEPTH THAT HAD SEEMED SO INEVITABLE
mocks covered the horizon; while the frequent blocks of fresh-water ice showed that some coast was near. Next day, after a hearty breakfast off the bear's paws, the little party continued their route; but the road became toilsome and fatiguing. Altamont lay watching the horizon with feverish anxiety--an anxiety shared by all his companions, for, according to the last reckoning made by Hatteras, they were now exactly in latitude 83° 35" and longitude 120° 15", and the question of life or death would be decided before the day was over. At last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, Altamont started up with a shout that arrested the whole party, and pointing to a white mass that no eye but his could have distinguished from the surrounding icebergs, exclaimed in a loud, ringing voice, "The Porpoise." CHAPTER VI. THE PORPOISE It was the 24th of March, and Palm Sunday, a bright, joyous day in many a town and village of the Old World, but in this desolate region what mournful silence prevailed!  CHAPTER SIX OF THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIEBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JACK ZOWSKI TAUSIN MARYLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES VERN CHAPTER SIX THE PORPOISE IT WAS THE TWENTY FOURTH OF MARCH AND PALM SUNDAY A BRIGHT JOYOUS DAY IN MANY A TOWN AND VILLAGE OF THE OLD WORLD BUT IN THIS DESOLATE REGION WHAT MOURNFUL SILENCE PREVAILED
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