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"Courage, Hatteras!" said the Doctor, handing him the weapon, which he had carefully loaded meanwhile. "Never fear! but be sure you don't show yourselves till I fire." COURAGE HATTERAS SAID THE DOCTOR HANDING HIM THE WEAPON WHICH HE HAD CAREFULLY LOADED MEANWHILE NEVER FEAR BUT BE SURE YOU DON'T SHOW YOURSELVES TILL I FIRE
 said Hatteras, as they returned to the hut, "the polar bears subsist almost entirely on seals. They'll lie in wait for them beside the crevasses for whole days, ready to strangle them the moment their heads appear above the surface. It is not likely, then, that a bear will be frightened of a seal." "I think I see what you are after, but it is dangerous." "Yes, but there is more chance of success than in trying any other plan, so I mean to risk it. I am going to dress myself in the seal's skin, and creep along the ice. Come, don't let us lose time. Load the gun and give it me." The Doctor could not say anything, for he would have done the same himself, so he followed Hatteras silently to the sledge, taking with him a couple of hatchets for his own and Johnson's use. Hatteras soon made his toilette, and slipped into the skin, which was big enough to cover him almost entirely. "Now, then, give me the gun," he said, "and you be off to Johnson. I must try and steal a march on my adversary. E THE SEAL AND THE BEAR YOU KNOW DOCTOR SAID HATTERAS AS THEY RETURNED TO THE HUT THE POLAR BEARS SUBSIST ALMOST ENTIRELY ON SEALS THEY'LL LIE IN WAIT FOR THEM BESIDE THE CREVICES FOR WHOLE DAYS READY TO STRANGLE THEM THE MOMENT THEIR HEADS APPEAR ABOVE THE SURFACE IT IS NOT LIKELY THEN THAT A BEAR WILL BE FRIGHTENED OF A SEAL I THINK I SEE WHAT YOU ARE AFTER BUT IT IS DANGEROUS YES BUT THERE IS MORE CHANCE OF SUCCESS THAN IN TRYING ANY OTHER PLAN SO I MEAN TO RISK IT I AM GOING TO DRESS MYSELF IN THE SEAL'S SKIN AND CREEP ALONG THE ICE COME DON'T LET US LOSE TIME LOAD THE GUN AND GIVE IT TO ME THE DOCTOR COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING FOR HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME HIMSELF SO HE FOLLOWED HATTERAS SILENTLY TO THE SLEDGE TAKING WITH HIM A COUPLE OF HATCHETS FOR HIS OWN AND JOHNSON'S USE HATTERAS SOON MADE HIS TOILETTE AND SLIPPED INTO THE SKIN WHICH WAS BIG ENOUGH TO COVER HIM ENTIRELY NOW THEN GIVE ME THE GUN HE SAID AND YOU MUST BE OFF THE JOHNSON I MUST TRY AND STEAL A MARCH ON MY ADVERSARY
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