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“
I
suppose
you
think
,
boatswain
,
that
our
case
is
less
desperate
than
theirs
?
”
“
I
do
think
so
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
and
I
have
always
thought
so
.
If
everything
had
been
done
as
it
was
settled
,
and
the
lot
had
fallen
to
me
to
go
with
the
boat
,
I
would
have
given
up
my
turn
to
one
of
the
others
.
After
all
,
there
is
something
in
feeling
dry
ground
under
our
feet
.
I
don
’
t
wish
the
death
of
anybody
,
but
if
Hearne
and
his
friends
do
not
succeed
in
clearing
the
iceberg
barrier
—
if
they
are
doomed
to
pass
the
winter
on
the
ice
,
reduced
for
food
to
a
supply
that
will
only
last
a
few
weeks
,
you
know
the
fate
that
awaits
them
!
”
“
Yes
,
a
fate
worse
than
ours
!
”
“
And
besides
,
”
said
the
boatswain
,
“
even
supposing
they
do
reach
the
Antarctic
Circle
.
If
the
whalers
have
already
left
the
fishing
-
grounds
,
it
is
not
a
laden
and
overladen
craft
that
will
keep
the
sea
until
the
Australian
coasts
are
in
sight
.
”
This
was
my
own
opinion
,
and
also
that
of
the
captain
and
West
.
During
the
following
four
days
,
we
completed
the
storage
of
the
whole
of
our
belongings
,
and
made
some
excursions
into
the
interior
of
the
country
,
finding
“
all
barren
,
”
and
not
a
trace
that
any
landing
had
ever
been
made
there
.
One
day
,
Captain
Len
Guy
proposed
that
we
should
give
a
geographical
name
to
the
region
whither
the
iceberg
had
carried
us
.
It
was
named
Halbrane
Land
,
in
memory
of
our
schooner
,
and
we
called
the
strait
that
separated
the
two
parts
of
the
polar
continent
the
Jane
Sound
.
Then
we
took
to
shooting
the
penguins
which
swarmed
upon
the
rocks
,
and
to
capturing
some
of
the
amphibious
animals
which
frequented
the
beach
.
We
began
to
feel
the
want
of
fresh
meat
,
and
Endicott
’
s
cooking
rendered
seal
and
walrus
flesh
quite
palatable
.
Besides
,
the
fat
of
these
creatures
would
serve
,
at
need
,
to
warm
the
cavern
and
feed
the
cooking
-
stove
.
Our
most
formidable
enemy
would
be
the
cold
,
and
we
must
fight
it
by
every
means
within
our
power
.
It
remained
to
be
seen
whether
the
amphibia
would
not
forsake
Halbrane
Land
at
the
approach
of
winter
,
and
seek
a
less
rigorous
climate
in
lower
latitudes
.
Fortunately
there
were
hundreds
of
other
animals
to
secure
our
little
company
from
hunger
,
and
even
from
thirst
,
at
need
.
The
beach
was
the
home
of
numbers
of
galapagos
—
a
kind
of
turtle
so
called
from
an
archipelago
in
the
equinoctial
sea
,
where
also
they
abound
,
and
mentioned
by
Arthur
Pym
as
supplying
food
to
the
islanders
,
It
will
be
remembered
that
Pym
and
Peters
found
three
of
these
galapagos
in
the
native
boat
which
carried
them
away
from
Tsalal
Island
.
The
movement
of
these
huge
creatures
is
slow
,
heavy
,
and
waddling
;
they
have
thin
necks
two
feet
long
,
triangular
snake
-
like
heads
,
and
can
go
without
food
for
very
long
periods
.
Arthur
Pym
has
compared
the
antarctic
turtles
to
dromedaries
,
because
,
like
those
ruminants
,
they
have
a
pouch
just
where
the
neck
begins
,
which
contains
from
two
to
three
gallons
of
cold
fresh
water
.
He
relates
,
before
the
scene
of
the
lot
-
drawing
,
that
but
for
one
of
these
turtles
the
shipwrecked
crew
of
the
Grampus
must
have
died
of
hunger
and
thirst
.
If
Pym
is
to
be
believed
,
some
of
the
great
turtles
weigh
from
twelve
to
fifteen
hundred
pounds
.
Those
of
Halbrane
Land
did
not
go
beyond
seven
or
eight
hundred
pounds
,
but
their
flesh
was
none
the
less
savoury
.
