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They were on the shore of Baffin's Bay, now half frozen over; that is to say, on the road to Europe, and three miles off the waves were dashing noiselessly on the sharp edges of the ice field. Here they must wait their chance of a whaler appearing; and for how long? THEY WERE ON THE SHORE OF BAFFIN'S BAY NOW HALF FROZEN OVER THAT IS TO SAY ON THE ROAD TO EUROPE AND THREE MILES OFF THE WAVES WERE DASHING NOISELESSLY ON THE SHARP EDGES OF THE ICE FIELD HERE THEY MUST WAIT THEIR CHANCE OF A WHALER APPEARING AND FOR HOW LONG
 crew had come through agonies of suffering and despair before this last terrible catastrophe, but the secret of their miseries is buried with them beneath the polar snows. "Come away! come away!" said the Doctor, dragging his companions from the scene. Horror gave them momentary strength, and they resumed their march without stopping a minute longer. CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION. It would be useless to enumerate all the misfortunes which befell the survivors of the expedition. Even the men themselves were never able to give any detailed narrative of the events which occurred during the week subsequent to the horrible discovery related in the last chapter. However, on the 9th of September, by superhuman exertions, they arrived at last at Cape Horsburg, the extreme point of North Devon. They were absolutely starving. For forty-eight hours they had tasted nothing, and their last meal had been off the flesh of their last Esquimaux dog. Bell could go no further, and Johnson felt himself dying.  CHAPTER TWENTY SIX OF THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOTWORG RECORDING BY JACK ISOWSKI TAUSON MARYLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS PART TWO THE FIELD OF ICE BY JULES BYRNE CHAPTER TWENTY SIX CONCLUSION IT WOULD BE USELESS TO ENUMERATE ALL THE MISFORTUNES WHICH BEFELL THE SURVIVORS OF THE EXPEDITION EVEN THE MEN THEMSELVES WERE NEVER ABLE TO GIVE ANY DETAILED NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE WEEK SUBSEQUENT OF THE HORRIBLE DISCOVERY RELATED IN THE LAST CHAPTER HOWEVER ON THE NINTH OF SEPTEMBER BY SUPERHUMAN EXERTIONS THEY ARRIVED AT LAST AT CAPE HORSBURG THE EXTREME POINT OF NORTH DEVON THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY STARVING FOR FORTY EIGHT HOURS THEY HAD TASTED NOTHING AND THEIR LAST MEAL HAD BEEN OFF THE FLESH OF THEIR LAST ESQUIMAUX DOG BELL COULD GO NO FURTHER AND JOHNSON FELT HIMSELF DYING
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