h
Eatum, while the Dean was on the sledge of 'Old Grim.'

"The Dean carried his 'Delight,' of course, while I held on to 'Old
Crumply.' Nor were our 'palm and needle,' and jack-knife, that had done
such good service, forgotten. Indeed, we brought away everything.

"Of course we were very much rejoiced to get away from the Rock of Good
Hope, even although our fortunes were yet very uncertain; still, it had
been our rock of refuge and safety, and, in our thankfulness, we could
not fail to cast upon it a look of tender regret at parting from it.
Together there the Dean and I had achieved many triumphs which were to
us a source of great pride, and would always continue to be as long as
we lived; while, on the other hand, if we had suffered many discomforts
and sorrows, these would not, we knew, linger long in the memory.
Besides, on the Rock of Good Hope, and in the hut we were leaving, we
had learned to know each other, and to love each other, and to be bound
together by a strong bond of friendship, which, as it was formed in
adversity, was not likely to be broken.

"But then, on the other hand, the prospect that loomed up ahead of us
was not of a very encouraging description. 'Where were the savages
taking us? what would they do with us?' were questions which kept
haunting us all the time. We could see nothing clearly; and no matter
what might happen in the end for our advantage, we must, in any case,
live among these wild people for an indefinite time, subject to their
savage caprices and savage and lawless ways of life.

"But we soon had to give up speculating about the prospect ahead, and
had to let the Rock of Good Hope, and the hut, and the life we had led
there, with its struggles and trials and triumphs, pass away as some
vaguely remembered dream; for on we sped, with our caravan of sledges,
over the frozen sea,--the dogs all lively, and galloping away with their
bushy tails curled over their backs, and their heads up; their savage
drivers crying to them, now and then, '_Ka-ka! ka-ka!_' and snapping
their whips to keep them at a brisker run, and all the while talking to
each other in a loud voice,--sometimes, as we could clearly understand,
about ourselves, sometimes whether they should go off on a bear-hunt.
Occasionally one of the teams would scent a seal-hole, and away the dogs
would rush towards it as hard as they could go, all the other teams
following after, pell-mell; and, when they reached the hole, it w