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Then he went into the hut again, and shook the blanket he had slept in all night, but his search was still unsuccessful. He went back to his companions and said   "Are you sure, Doctor, you haven't the steel?" "Quite, Johnson." "And you haven't it either, captain?" "Not I!" THEN HE WENT INTO THE HUT AGAIN AND SHOOK THE BLANKET HE HAD SLEPT IN ALL NIGHT BUT HIS SEARCH WAS STILL UNSUCCESSFUL HE WENT BACK TO HIS COMPANIONS AND SAID ARE YOU SURE DOCTOR YOU HAVEN'T THE STEEL QUITE JOHNSON AND YOU HAVEN'T IT EITHER CAPTAIN NOT I
 tusks in his jaws were three inches long. On cutting the carcase open, Johnson found nothing but water in the stomach. The beast had evidently had no food for a long time, yet it was very fat, and weighed fifteen hundred pounds. The hunters were so famished that they had hardly patience to carry home the flesh to be cooked, and it needed all the Doctor's persuasion to prevent them eating it raw. On entering the hut, each man with a load on his back, Clawbonny was struck with the coldness that pervaded the atmosphere. On going up to the stove he found the fire black out. The exciting business of the morning had made Johnson neglect his accustomed duty of replenishing the stove. The Doctor tried to blow the embers into a flame, but finding he could not even get a red spark, he went out to the sledge to fetch tinder, and get the steel from Johnson. The old sailor put his hand into his pocket, but was surprised to find the steel missing. He felt in the other pockets, but it was not there. R ROUND AND THE GREAT TUSKS IN HIS JAWS WERE THREE INCHES LONG ON CUTTING THE CARCASE OPEN JOHNSON FOUND NOTHING BUT WATER IN THE STOMACH THE BEAST HAD EVIDENTLY HAD NO FOOD FOR A LONG TIME YET IT WAS VERY FAT AND WEIGHED FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS THE HUNTERS WERE SO FAMISHED THAT THEY HAD HARDLY PATIENCE TO CARRY HOME THE FLESH TO BE COOKED AND IT NEEDED ALL THE DOCTOR'S PERSUASION TO PREVENT THEM EATING IT RAW ON ENTERING THE HUT EACH MAN WITH A LOAD ON HIS BACK CLAWBONNY WAS STRUCK WITH THE COLDNESS THAT PERVADED THE ATMOSPHERE ON GOING UP TO THE STOVE HE FOUND THE FIRE BLACK OUT THE EXCITING BUSINESS OF THE MORNING HAD MADE JOHNSON NEGLECT HIS ACCUSTOMED DUTY OF REPLENISHING THE STOVE THE DOCTOR TRIED TO BLOW THE EMBERS INTO A FLAME BUT FINDING HE COULD NOT EVEN GET A RED SPARK HE WENT OUT TO THE SLEDGE TO FETCH TINDER AND GET THE STEEL FROM JOHNSON THE OLD SAILOR PUT HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET BUT WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THE STEEL MISSING HE FELT IN THE OTHER POCKETS BUT IT WAS NOT THERE
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