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The tempest was followed by damp, warm weather, which caused a regular thaw. On all sides nothing could be heard but the noise of cracking ice and falling avalanches. THE TEMPEST WAS FOLLOWED BY DAMP WARM WEATHER WHICH CAUSED A REGULAR THAW ON ALL SIDES NOTHING COULD BE HEARD BUT THE NOISE OF CRACKING ICE AND FALLING AVALANCHES
ion: Bell killed a fox and Altamont a musk-ox.--P.192] On the 29th, Bell killed a fox and Altamont a musk-ox. These supplies of fresh food were very acceptable, and even the Doctor surveyed, with considerable satisfaction, the haunches of meat they managed to procure from time to time. "Don't let us stint ourselves," he used to say on these occasions; "food is no unimportant matter in expeditions like ours." "Especially," said Johnson, "when a meal depends on a lucky shot." "You're right, Johnson; a man does not think so much about dinner when he knows the soup-pot is simmering by the kitchen-fire." On the 30th, they came to a district which seemed [Illustration: ] to have been upturned by some volcanic convulsion, so covered was it with cones and sharp lofty peaks. A strong breeze from the south-east was blowing, which soon increased to a hurricane, sweeping over the rocks covered with snow and the huge masses, of ice, which took the forms of icebergs and hummocks, though on dry land. COUNTRY ABOUNDED IN GAME BEARS WERE FREQUENTLY SEEN AND NUMEROUS HERDS OF MUSCOCKSEN AND DEER ON THE TWENTY NINTH BELL KILLED A FOX AN ALTAMONT A MUSCOCK THESE SUPPLIES OF FRESH FOOD WERE VERY ACCEPTABLE AND EVEN THE DOCTOR SURVEYED WITH CONSIDERABLE SATISFACTION THE HAUNCHES OF MEAT THEY MANAGED TO PROCURE FROM TIME TO TIME DON'T LET US STINT OURSELVES HE USED TO SAY ON THESE OCCASIONS FOOD IS NO UNIMPORTANT MATTER IN EXPEDITIONS LIKE OURS ESPECIALLY SAID JOHNSON WHEN A MEAL DEPENDS ON A LUCKY SHOT YOU'RE RIGHT JOHNSON A MAN DOES NOT THINK SO MUCH ABOUT DINNER WHEN HE KNOWS THE SOUP POT IS SIMMERING BY THE KITCHEN FIRE ON THE THIRTIETH THEY CAME TO A DISTRICT WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN UPTURNED BY SOME VOLCANIC CONVULSION SO COVERED WAS IT WITH CONES AND SHARP LOFTY PEAKS A STRONG BREEZE FROM THE SOUTH EAST WAS BLOWING WHICH SOON INCREASED TO A HURRICANE SWEEPING OVER THE ROCKS COVERED WITH SNOW AND THE HUGE MASSES OF ICE WHICH TOOK THE FORMS OF ICEBERGS AND HUMMOCKS THOUGH ON DRY LAND
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