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"And without me, sir," retorted Altamont, hotly, "without me and my ship, where would you all be at this moment? Dead, from cold and hunger." AND WITHOUT ME SIR RETORTED ALTAMONT HOTLY WITHOUT ME AND MY SHIP WHERE WOULD YOU ALL BE AT THIS MOMENT DEAD FROM COLD AND HUNGER
's affirmation. "My dear Clawbonny," replied the American, "it is the custom, not to say the right, of every navigator to christen the soil on which he is the first to set foot. It appears to me, therefore, that it is my privilege and duty on this occasion to exercise my prerogative, and--" "But, sir," interrupted Johnson, rather nettled at his sang froid. "It would be a difficult matter to prove that the Porpoise did not come here, even supposing she reached this coast by land," continued Altamont, without noticing Johnson's protest. "The fact is indisputable," he added looking at Hatteras. [Illustration: "I dispute the claim," said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort.--P.72] "I dispute the claim," said the Englishman, restraining himself by a powerful effort. "To name a country, you must first discover it, I suppose, and that you certainly did not do. Besides, but for us, where would you have been, sir, at this moment, pray? Lying twenty feet deep under the snow. IL HAS ALREADY A NAME REPLIED ALTAMONT COOLLY HATTERAS WAS SILENT BUT HIS LIP QUIVERED WHAT NAME HAS IT THEN ASKED THE DOCTOR RATHER ASTONISHED AT ALTAMONT'S AFFIRMATION MY DEAR CLAWBONNY REPLIED THE AMERICAN IT IS THE CUSTOM NOT TO SAY THE RIGHT OF EVERY NAVIGATOR TO CHRISTEN THE SOIL ON WHICH HE IS THE FIRST TO SET FOOT IT APPEARS TO ME THEREFORE THAT IT IS MY PRIVILEGE AND DUTY ON THIS OCCASION TO EXERCISE MY PREROGATIVE AND BUT SIR INTERRUPTED JOHNSON RATHER NETTLED AT HIS SAINT FROIS IT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT MATTER TO PROVE THAT THE PORPOISE DID NOT COME HERE EVEN SUPPOSING SHE REACHED THIS COAST BY LAND CONTINUED ALTAMONT WITHOUT NOTICING JOHNSON'S PROTEST THE FACT IS INDISPUTABLE HE ADDED LOOKING AT HATTERAS I DISPUTE THE CLAIM SAID THE ENGLISHMAN RESTRAINING HIMSELF BY A POWERFUL EFFORT TO NAME A COUNTRY YOU MUST FIRST DISCOVER IT I SUPPOSE AND THAT YOU CERTAINLY DID NOT DO BESIDES BUT FOR US WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN SIR AT THIS MOMENT PRAY LYING TWENTY FEET DEEP UNDER THE SNOW
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