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Bellot shouted to his companions to loosen the rope, andwe (the lieutenant, David Hook, and I) were carried to a greatdistance from the shore. Then a strong southeaster was blowing, andsnow was falling. But we were not in any great danger, and he mighthave been saved, since the rest of us were saved. " Johnson stopped for a moment, and gazed at the ill-fated shore, thenhe went on:-- "After losing sight of our companions, we tried at first to shelterourselves under the cover of our sledge, but i...n vain; then with ourknives we began to cut a house in the ice. Mr. Bellot sat down forhalf an hour, and talked with us about the danger of our situation; Itold him I was not afraid. 'With God's protection, ' he said, 'not ahair of our heads shall be hurt. ' I then asked him what time it was. He answered, 'About quarter past six. ' It was quarter past six in themorning of Thursday, August 18th. Then Mr. Bellot bound on his books, and said he wanted to go and see how the ice was moving; he was goneonly four minutes, when I went to seek him behind the floe whichsheltered us; but I did not find him, and, returning to our retreat, Isaw his stick on the opposite side of a crevasse about three fathomswide, where the ice was all broken.
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