Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . he ships bow, you know. I turned here and lightedback to see if the bear was behind me, but I saw nothino-and pushed on again, and in a minute these slipperywooden shoes had me flat on my back among the hum-mocks. I was up again quick enough ; but when I gotdowai on to the flat ice close to the ship I saw somethingcoming straight for me on the right-hand side. First Ithought it was a dog—its not so easy to see in the dark,you know. I ha
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by DrNansen and LieutJohansen . he ships bow, you know. I turned here and lightedback to see if the bear was behind me, but I saw nothino-and pushed on again, and in a minute these slipperywooden shoes had me flat on my back among the hum-mocks. I was up again quick enough ; but when I gotdowai on to the flat ice close to the ship I saw somethingcoming straight for me on the right-hand side. First Ithought it was a dog—its not so easy to see in the dark,you know. I had no time for a second thought, for thebeast jumped on me and bit me in the side. I had liftedmy arm like this, you see, and so he caught me here,right on the hip. He growled and hissed as he bit What did you think then, Peter? What did I I thought it was all up withme. What was I to do ? I had neither gun nor knife. 330 FARTHESl^ NORTH But I took the lantern and gave him such a whack onthe head with it that the thing broke, and went flyingaway over the ice. The moment he felt the blow he satdown and looked at me. I was just taking to my heels. I TOOK THE LANTERN AND GAVE HIM SUCH A WHACKON THE HEAD WITH IT (Drawn by H. Kt:idius) when he got up; I dont know whether it was to grip meagain or what it was for, but anyhow at that minute hecaught sight of a dog coming and set off after it, and Igot on board. Did you scream, THE WINTER NIGHT 331 Scream ! I screamed with all my might. And apparently this was true, for he was quite hoarse. But where was Mogstad all this time ? Well, you see, he had reached the ship long be-fore me, but he never thought of running down andgiving the alarm, but takes his gun from the round-house wall and thinks hell manage all right alone; buthis gun wouldnt go off, and the bear would have hadtime to eat me up before his nose. We were now near the ship, and Mogstad, who hadheard the last part of the story from the deck, cor- #rected it
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