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we both ran down to the ice and overturned the sledges. We then 

 turned our attention to the animals themselves ; they were very 

 curious in shape. We looked and looked ; no, we had never seen 

 game of the kind before. They were so suspiciously like our own 

 no, impossible ! We looked again, and guessed again, and at last 

 came to the conclusion that they really were dogs ! When they 



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came nearer we tried to catch them, but they were so wary that it 

 was impossible. 



I must confess that I grew hot and cold by turns at this dis- 

 covery, and thought at once of the party whose tracks we had seen in 

 the snow. I began to be afraid that they had driven into the 

 water and might be drowned, and that perhaps a couple of the dogs 

 had somehow gnawed through their traces and come ashore. 

 Both Fosheim and I were very much concerned, and we did not 

 feel easy until when in perigee we succeeded in identifying 

 the two circulating dogs as ' Fischer ' and ' Turisten ' from the 

 mate's team. 



