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"We cannot be far off now," said Altamont, who could almost articulate perfectly again; "we must be within forty eight hours' march of the Porpoise." "I hope we'll find something there to make a fire with," said the Doctor, smiling. WE CANNOT BE FAR OFF NOW SAID ALTAMONT WHO COULD ALMOST ARTICULATE PERFECTLY AGAIN WE MUST BE WITHIN FORTY EIGHT HOURS MARCH OF THE PORPOISE I HOPE WILL FIND SOMETHING THERE TO MAKE A FIRE WITH SAID THE DOCTOR SMILING
shing process with his fingers, rubbing away until he had obtained as transparent a lens as if it had been made of magnificent crystal. The sun was shining brilliantly enough for the Doctor's experiment. The tinder was fetched, and held beneath the lens so as to catch the rays in full power. In a few seconds it took fire, to Johnson's rapturous delight. He danced about like an idiot, almost beside himself with joy, and shouted, "Hurrah! hurrah!" while Clawbonny hurried back into the hut and rekindled the fire. The stove was soon roaring, and it was not many minutes before the savoury odour of broiled bear-steaks roused Bell from his torpor. What a feast this meal was to the poor starving men may be imagined. The Doctor, however, counselled moderation in eating, and set the example himself. "This is a glad day for us," he said, "and we have no fear of wanting food all the rest of our journey. Still we must not forget we have further to go yet, and I think the sooner we start the better. POSSIBLE AND FINISHED THE POLISHING PROCESS WITH HIS FINGERS RUBBING AWAY UNTIL HE HAD OBTAINED AS TRANSPARENT A LENS AS IF IT HAD BEEN MADE OF MAGNIFICENT CRYSTAL THE SUN WAS SHINING BRILLIANTLY ENOUGH FOR THE DOCTOR'S EXPERIMENT THE TINDER WAS FETCHED AND HELD BENEATH THE LENS SO AS TO CATCH THE RAYS IN FULL POWER IN A FEW SECONDS IT TOOK FIRE TO JOHNSON'S RAPTUROUS DELIGHT HE DANCED ABOUT LIKE AN IDIOT ALMOST BESIDE HIMSELF WITH JOY AND SHOUTED HURRAH HURRAH WHILE CLAWBONNY HURRIED BACK INTO THE HUT AND REKINDLED THE FIRE THE STOVE WAS SOON ROARING AND IT WAS NOT MANY MINUTES BEFORE THE SAVOURY ODOUR OF BROILED BEAR STEAKS ROUSED BELL FROM HIS TORPOR WHAT A FEAST THIS MEAL WAS TO THE POOR STARVING MEN MAY BE IMAGINED THE DOCTOR HOWEVER COUNSELLED MODERATION IN EATING AND SET THE EXAMPLE HIMSELF THIS IS A GLAD DAY FOR US HE SAID AND WE HAVE NO FEAR OF WANTING FOOD ALL THE REST OF OUR JOURNEY STILL WE MUST NOT FORGET WE HAVE FURTHER TO GO YET AND I THINK THE SOONER WE START THE BETTER
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