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Chapter XIX. Land?

           And,intruth,thebravestcouldnotrepressafeelingofterrorwhenthinkingthattheplankingmighthavegivenwayandtheseahaveinvadedus.

           Thebaseofthesefloatingice-mountainswasverysteep,sothatitwouldhavebeenimpossibleforustolanduponone.Moreover,wesawnoseals—thesewereusuallyverynumerouswheretheice-fieldsabounded—norevenaflockofthescreechingpenguinswhich,onotheroccasions,theHalbranesentdivingbymyriadsasshepassedthroughthem;thebirdsthemselvesseemedrarerandwilder.Dread,fromwhichnoneofuscouldescape,seemedtocomeuponusfromthesedesolateanddesertedregions.HowcouldwestillentertainahopethatthesurvivorsoftheJanehadfoundshelter,andobtainedmeansofexistenceinthoseawfulsolitudes?

           AndiftheHalbranewerealsoshipwrecked,wouldthereremainanyevidenceofherfate?

           Sincethepreviousday,fromthemomentoursoutherncoursehadbeenabandoned,tocutthelineoftheicebergs,achangehadtakenplaceinthedemeanourofthehalf-breed.Nearlyalwayscroucheddownatthefootofthefore-mast,lookingafarintotheboundlessspace,heonlygotupinordertolendahandtosomemanoeuvre,andwithoutanyofhisformervigilanceorzeal.NotthathehadceasedtobelievethathiscomradeoftheJanewasstillliving—thatthoughtneverevencameintohismind!ButhefeltbyinstinctthatthetracesofpoorPymwerenottoberecoveredbyfollowingthiscourse.

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