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They had fired at several hares and foxes on the road already, but unsuccessfully. THEY HAD FIRED AT SEVERAL HARES AND FOXES ON THE ROAD ALREADY BUT UNSUCCESSFULLY
atteras hardly knew what to think as day after day went on without apparent result, and he asked himself sometimes whether the Porpoise had any actual existence except in Altamont's fevered brain, and more than once the idea even came into his head that perhaps national hatred might have induced the American to drag them along with himself to certain death. He told the Doctor his suppositions, who rejected them absolutely, and laid them down to the score of the unhappy rivalry that had arisen already between the two captains. [Illustration: ] On the 14th of March, after sixteen days' march the little party found themselves only yet in the 82° latitude. Their strength was exhausted, and they had a hundred miles more to go. To increase their sufferings, rations had to be still further reduced. Each man must be content with a fourth part to allow the dogs their full quantity. Unfortunately they could not rely at all on their guns, for only seven charges of powder were left, and six balls.  COMING TO AN END HATTERAS HARDLY KNEW WHAT TO THINK AS DAY AFTER DAY WENT ON WITHOUT APPARENT RESULT AND HE ASKED HIMSELF SOMETIMES WHETHER THE PORPOISE HAD ANY ACTUAL EXISTENCE EXCEPT IN ALTAMONT'S FEVERED BRAIN AND MORE THAN ONCE THE IDEA EVEN CAME INTO HIS HEAD THAT PERHAPS NATIONAL HATRED MIGHT HAVE INDUCED THE AMERICAN TO DRAG THEM ALONG WITH HIMSELF TO CERTAIN DEATH HE TOLD THE DOCTOR HIS SUPPOSITIONS WHO REJECTED THEM ABSOLUTELY AND LAID THEM DOWN TO THE SCORE OF THE UNHAPPY RIVALRY THAT HAD RISEN ALREADY BETWEEN THE TWO CAPTAINS ON THE FOURTEENTH OF MARCH AFTER SIXTEEN DAYS MARCH THE LITTLE PARTY FOUND THEMSELVES ONLY YET IN EIGHTY TWO DEGREE LATITUDE THEIR STRENGTH WAS EXHAUSTED AND THEY HAD A HUNDRED MILES MORE TO GO TO INCREASE THEIR SUFFERINGS RATIONS HAD TO BE STILL FURTHER REDUCED EACH MAN MUST BE CONTENT WITH A FOURTH PART TO ALLOW THE DOGS THEIR FULL QUANTITY UNFORTUNATELY THEY COULD NOT RELY AT ALL ON THEIR GUNS FOR ONLY SEVEN CHARGES OF POWDER WERE LEFT AND SIX BALLS
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