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There
Mr.
Fogg
examined
a
curious
vehicle
,
a
kind
of
frame
on
two
long
beams
,
a
little
raised
in
front
like
the
runners
of
a
sledge
,
and
upon
which
there
was
room
for
five
or
six
persons
.
A
high
mast
was
fixed
on
the
frame
,
held
firmly
by
metallic
lashings
,
to
which
was
attached
a
large
brigantine
sail
.
This
mast
held
an
iron
stay
upon
which
to
hoist
a
jib-sail
.
Behind
,
a
sort
of
rudder
served
to
guide
the
vehicle
.
It
was
,
in
short
,
a
sledge
rigged
like
a
sloop
.
During
the
winter
,
when
the
trains
are
blocked
up
by
the
snow
,
these
sledges
make
extremely
rapid
journeys
across
the
frozen
plains
from
one
station
to
another
.
Provided
with
more
sails
than
a
cutter
,
and
with
the
wind
behind
them
,
they
slip
over
the
surface
of
the
prairies
with
a
speed
equal
if
not
superior
to
that
of
the
express
trains
.
Mr.
Fogg
readily
made
a
bargain
with
the
owner
of
this
land-craft
.
The
wind
was
favourable
,
being
fresh
,
and
blowing
from
the
west
.
The
snow
had
hardened
,
and
Mudge
was
very
confident
of
being
able
to
transport
Mr.
Fogg
in
a
few
hours
to
Omaha
.
Thence
the
trains
eastward
run
frequently
to
Chicago
and
New
York
.
It
was
not
impossible
that
the
lost
time
might
yet
be
recovered
;
and
such
an
opportunity
was
not
to
be
rejected
.
Not
wishing
to
expose
Aouda
to
the
discomforts
of
travelling
in
the
open
air
,
Mr.
Fogg
proposed
to
leave
her
with
Passepartout
at
Fort
Kearney
,
the
servant
taking
upon
himself
to
escort
her
to
Europe
by
a
better
route
and
under
more
favourable
conditions
.
But
Aouda
refused
to
separate
from
Mr.
Fogg
,
and
Passepartout
was
delighted
with
her
decision
;
for
nothing
could
induce
him
to
leave
his
master
while
Fix
was
with
him
.
It
would
be
difficult
to
guess
the
detective
's
thoughts
.
Was
this
conviction
shaken
by
Phileas
Fogg
's
return
,
or
did
he
still
regard
him
as
an
exceedingly
shrewd
rascal
,
who
,
his
journey
round
the
world
completed
,
would
think
himself
absolutely
safe
in
England
?
Perhaps
Fix
's
opinion
of
Phileas
Fogg
was
somewhat
modified
;
but
he
was
nevertheless
resolved
to
do
his
duty
,
and
to
hasten
the
return
of
the
whole
party
to
England
as
much
as
possible
.
At
eight
o'clock
the
sledge
was
ready
to
start
.
The
passengers
took
their
places
on
it
,
and
wrapped
themselves
up
closely
in
their
travelling-cloaks
.
The
two
great
sails
were
hoisted
,
and
under
the
pressure
of
the
wind
the
sledge
slid
over
the
hardened
snow
with
a
velocity
of
forty
miles
an
hour
.
The
distance
between
Fort
Kearney
and
Omaha
,
as
the
birds
fly
,
is
at
most
two
hundred
miles
.
If
the
wind
held
good
,
the
distance
might
be
traversed
in
five
hours
;
if
no
accident
happened
the
sledge
might
reach
Omaha
by
one
o'clock
.
What
a
journey
!
The
travellers
,
huddled
close
together
,
could
not
speak
for
the
cold
,
intensified
by
the
rapidity
at
which
they
were
going
.
The
sledge
sped
on
as
lightly
as
a
boat
over
the
waves
.
When
the
breeze
came
skimming
the
earth
the
sledge
seemed
to
be
lifted
off
the
ground
by
its
sails
.
Mudge
,
who
was
at
the
rudder
,
kept
in
a
straight
line
,
and
by
a
turn
of
his
hand
checked
the
lurches
which
the
vehicle
had
a
tendency
to
make
.
All
the
sails
were
up
,
and
the
jib
was
so
arranged
as
not
to
screen
the
brigantine
.
A
top-mast
was
hoisted
,
and
another
jib
,
held
out
to
the
wind
,
added
its
force
to
the
other
sails
.
Although
the
speed
could
not
be
exactly
estimated
,
the
sledge
could
not
be
going
at
less
than
forty
miles
an
hour
.
"
If
nothing
breaks
,
"
said
Mudge
,
"
we
shall
get
there
!
"
Mr.
Fogg
had
made
it
for
Mudge
's
interest
to
reach
Omaha
within
the
time
agreed
on
,
by
the
offer
of
a
handsome
reward
.
The
prairie
,
across
which
the
sledge
was
moving
in
a
straight
line
,
was
as
flat
as
a
sea
.
It
seemed
like
a
vast
frozen
lake
.
The
railroad
which
ran
through
this
section
ascended
from
the
south-west
to
the
north-west
by
Great
Island
,
Columbus
,
an
important
Nebraska
town
,
Schuyler
,
and
Fremont
,
to
Omaha
.
It
followed
throughout
the
right
bank
of
the
Platte
River
.
The
sledge
,
shortening
this
route
,
took
a
chord
of
the
arc
described
by
the
railway
.
Mudge
was
not
afraid
of
being
stopped
by
the
Platte
River
,
because
it
was
frozen
.
The
road
,
then
,
was
quite
clear
of
obstacles
,
and
Phileas
Fogg
had
but
two
things
to
fear
--
an
accident
to
the
sledge
,
and
a
change
or
calm
in
the
wind
.
