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The old sailor, who made a first rate dog driver, tried his beasts with the oily flesh of the seal; and found, to his joyful surprise, that they ate it greedily. THE OLD SAILOR WHO MADE A FIRST RATE DOG DRIVER TRIED HIS BEASTS WITH THE OILY FLESH OF THE SEAL AND FOUND TO HIS JOYFUL SURPRISE THAT THEY ATE IT GREEDILY
 killed. Johnson soon had it skinned and cut in pieces, but it was so lean that it was worthless as food, unless its captors would drink the oil like the Esquimaux. The Doctor was bold enough to make the attempt, but failed in spite of himself. Next day several icebergs and hummocks were noticed on the horizon. Was this a sign that land was near, or was it some ice-field that had broken up? It was difficult to know what to surmise. On arriving at the first of these hummocks, the travellers set to work to make a cave in it where they could rest more comfortably than in the tent, and after three hours' persevering toil, were able to light their stove and lie down beside it to stretch their weary limbs. CHAPTER IV. THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER Johnson was obliged to take the dogs inside the hut, for they would have been soon frozen outside in such dry weather. Had it been snowing they would have been safe enough, for the snow served as a covering, and kept in the natural heat of the animals.  CHAPTER FOUR OF THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE THIS IS A LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JACK ZOWSKI TAUS IN MARYLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES BYRNE CHAPTER FOUR THE LAST CHARGE OF POWDER JOHNSON WAS OBLIGED TO TAKE THE DOGS INSIDE THE HUT FOR THEY WOULD HAVE SOON BEEN FROZEN OUTSIDE IN SUCH DRIVE WEATHER HAD IT BEEN SNOWING THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE ENOUGH FOR THE SNOW SERVED AS A COVERING AND KEPT IN THE NATURAL HEAT OF THE ANIMALS
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