The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

CONCLUSION.

VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES

OF

CAPTAIN HATTERAS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF

JULES VERNE.

WITH TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS
BY RIOU
.

BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,

L
ATE
T
ICKNOR
& F
IELDS, AND
F
IELDS
, O
SGOOD
, & C
O
.

1876.

C
OPYRIGHT
, 1874
.
B
Y
JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.

U
NIVERSITY
P
RESS
: W
ELCH
, B
IGELOW
, & C
O
.,
C
AMBRIDGE
.

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

*

"J
OHNSON KNEW ALL THE SAILORS IN
L
IVERPOOL, AND IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT ENGAGING A CREW
"

*

"E
VERYTHING WAS ENVELOPED IN ONE OF THE ORDINARY FOGS OF THAT REGION
"

*

"T
HIS SPACE OF SIX FEET SQUARE CONTAINED INCALCULABLE WEALTH
"

*

"T
HE NEWS SPEAD IMMEDIATELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND A GREAT CONCOURSE OF SPECTATORS THRONGED THE PIERS
"

*

"T
OWARDS EVENING THE BRIG DOUBLED THE
C
ALF OF
M
AN
"

*

"W
OULD ONE NOT SAY IT WAS A FOREIGN CITY, AN
E
ASTERN CITY, WITH MINARETS AND MOSQUES IN THE MOONLIGHT
"

*

"F
ORTUNATELY THE OPENING OF THESE HUTS WAS TOO SMALL, AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC DOCTOR COULD NOT GET THROUGH
"

*

"A
STRANGE ANIMAL WAS BOUNDING ALONG WITHIN A CABLE'S LENGTH FROM THE SHIP
"

*

"J
OHN
H
ATTERAS
"

*

"H
E CAUGHT A LARGE NUMBER OF WHITE FOXES; HE HAD PUT ON THEIR NECKS COPPER COLLARS
"

*

"A
LL THESE POOR FELLOWS HAD DIED OF MISERY, SUFFERING, AND STARVATION
"

*

"T
HE BRIG WAS TOSSED ABOUT LIKE A CHILD'S TOY
"
(
Frontispiece
)

*

"T
HE WHALE SWAM AWAY FROM THE BRIG AND HASTENED TOWARDS THE MOVING ICEBERGS
"

*

"T
HE
F
ORWARD IN
W
ELLINGTON
C
HANNEL
"

*

H
ATTERAS MADE USE OF A DEVICE WHICH WHALERS EMPLOY

*

"A
CRASH WAS HEARD, AND AS IT CAME AGAINST THE STARBOARD-QUARTER, PART OF THE RAIL HAD GIVEN WAY
"

*

"T
HE MOON SHONE WITH INCOMPARABLE PURITY, GLISTENING ON THE LEAST ROUGHNESS IN THE ICE
"

*

"A
LMOST EVERY NIGHT THE DOCTOR COULD OBSERVE THE MAGNIFICENT AURORAS
"

*

"H
E WAS ARMED, AND HE KEPT CONSTANT GUARD, WITHOUT MINDING THE COLD, THE SNOW, OR THE ICE
"

*

"T
HE LITTLE BAND MADE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST
"

*

"T
HE DOCTOR HAD ENERGY ENOUGH TO ASCEND AN ICE-MOUNTAIN WHILE THE SNOW-HUT WAS BUILDING
"

*

"'F
IRE
!'
SHOUTED THE CAPTAIN, DISCHARGING HIS PIECE
"

*

"T
HEY COULD ONLY THINK OF THEIR PERILOUS POSITION
"

*

"S
UDDENLY, WITH A LAST EFFORT, HE HALF ROSE
"

*

"T
HEN A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION WAS HEARD
"

*

"T
HE LARGE PIECES OF THE ENGINE LAY HERE AND THERE, TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE
"

*

"T
HEY HARNESSED THE TIRED DOGS
"

*

J
OHNSON'S STORY

*

"'Y
ES
!'
SAID THE
A
MERICAN
"

*

"T
HE DOCTOR WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND A SEAL
"

*

"A
T THE END OF TWO HOURS THEY FELL, EXHAUSTED
"

*

"H
E PLUNGED HIS KNIFE INTO THE BEAST'S THROAT
"

*

"T
HESE CASTAWAYS LOOKED AT THEMSELVES AS COLONISTS WHO HAD REACHED THEIR DESTINATION
"

*

T
HE FORT WAS COMPLETED

*

"I
AM NOT AWARE THAT IT BEARS ANY NAME ON THE MOST RECENT MAPS
"

*

"T
HE DOCTOR REACHED THE SUMMIT WITH SOME LITTLE DIFFICULTY
"

*

"T
HEY ADVANCED IN FULL ILLUMINATION, AND THEIR SHARPLY CUT SHADOWS RAN OUT BEHIND THEM OVER THE SNOW
"

*

"H
E DID HIS BEST TO INSTRUCT AND INTEREST HIS COMPANIONS
"

*

"H
ATTERAS COULD ONLY KEEP HIS DISTANCE FROM THE ANIMALS BY THROWING AWAY HIS CAP, HATCHET, AND EVEN HIS GUN
"

*

"T
HE BEARS HEAPED THE ICE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO RENDER FLIGHT IMPOSSIBLE
"

*

"A
N ENORMOUS BLACK BODY APPEARED IN THE GLOOM OF THE ROOM
. A
LTAMONT RAISED HIS HAND TO STRIKE IT
"

*

"A
LOUD EXPLOSION FOLLOWED
"

*

"T
HE CARPENTER SET TO WORK AT ONCE
"

*

"A
HARD STRUGGLE WITH THE ICEBERGS
"

*

"M
AC
C
LURE SAW A MAN RUNNING AND GESTICULATING
"

*

"T
HE DOCTOR
, J
OHNSON, AND
B
ELL INTERVENED
. I
T WAS TIME; THE TWO ENEMIES WERE GAZING AT ONE ANOTHER
"

*

"T
HEY WERE A CURIOUS AND TOUCHING SIGHT, FLYING ABOUT WITHOUT FEAR, RESTING ON
C
LAWBONNY'S SHOULDERS
,"
ETC.

*

"G
AVE HIM A TERRIBLE BLOW WITH A HATCHET ON THE HEAD
"

*

"W
ELL
, I'
VE BROUGHT BACK TWO BROTHERS
"

*

"T
HE SEAL STRUGGLED FOR A FEW SECONDS, AND WAS THEN SUFFOCATED ON THE BREAST OF HIS ADVERSARY
"

*

"T
HEY LEFT AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
"

*

"O
N THE
29
TH
B
ELL SHOT A FOX, AND
A
LTAMONT A MEDIUM-SIZED MUSK-OX
"

*

"T
HE MASSES OF ICE TOOK THE FORMS OF HUMMOCKS AND ICEBERGS
"

*

"O
N ALL SIDES RESOUNDED THE CRACKING OF THE ICE AMID THE ROAR OF THE AVALANCHES
"

*

"'W
E OUGHT
,'
ANSWERED
B
ELL
, '
TO LIGHT TORCHES, AS IS DONE AT
L
ONDON AND
L
IVERPOOL
'"

*

T
HE HUT WAS PITCHED IN A RAVINE FOR SHELTER

*

"T
HEY CLIMBED A HILL WHICH COMMANDED A WIDE VIEW
"

*

"T
HREE HOURS LATER THEY REACHED THE COAST
. 'T
HE SEA
!
THE SEA
!'
THEY ALL SHOUTED
"

*

"T
HE LAUNCH WAS ROCKING GENTLY IN HER LITTLE HARBOR
"

*

"A
QUATIC BIRDS OF ALL SORTS WERE THERE
"

*

"T
HEN THE EYE GLANCING DOWN INTO THE TRANSPARENT WATER, THE SIGHT WAS EQUALLY STRANGE
"

*

"'I
T'S A VOLCANO
!'
HE CRIED
"

*

"T
HE LAUNCH TOSSED HELPLESSLY ABOUT
"

*

"T
HE FOG, WITHOUT LIFTING, WAS VERY BRIGHT
"

*

"T
HIS DRIFTING FLOE WAS COVERED WITH WHITE BEARS, CROWDED TOGETHER
"

*

"H
ER SAIL FLEW AWAY LIKE A HUGE WHITE BIRD; A WHIRLPOOL, A NEW
M
AELSTROM, FORMED AMONG THE WAVES
"

*

"T
HE MOUNTAIN WAS IN FULL ERUPTION
"

*

"T
HEY NOTICED A LITTLE FIORD
"

*

"A
LTAMONT SOON FOUND A GROTTO IN THE ROCKS
"

*

"T
HEY WERE ALL READY TO LISTEN TO THE DOCTOR
"

*

"T
HEY SAW THE CAPTAIN STANDING ON A ROCK
"

*

"H
ATTERAS APPEARED TO WAKE FROM HIS REVERY
"

*

"B
UT
H
ATTERAS DID NOT LOOK BACK
. H
E HAD MADE USE OF HIS STAFF AS A POLE ON WHICH TO FASTEN THE
E
NGLISH FLAG
"

*

"T
HE DOCTOR PUT UP A CAIRN
"

*

"D
EAD—FROZEN
"

*

"T
WO HOURS LATER, AFTER UNHEARD-OF EFFORTS, THE LAST MEN OF THE
F
ORWARD WERE TAKEN ABOARD THE
D
ANISH WHALER
H
ANS
C
HRISTIAN
"

*

"A
STEAMBOAT CARRIED THEM TO
K
IEL
"

PART I.

THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE.