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Again, the rim ice broke away
Atter en gang brød randisen bort
before and behind, and there
både foran og bagved, og der var
was no escape except up the
ingen anden udvej end op ad
cliff. Perrault scaled it
klippen. Perrault klatrede op ad
by a miracle, while
den ved et mirakel, mens
François prayed for just that
François bad om netop det
miracle; and with every thong
mirakel; og med hver eneste rem
and sled lashing and the last
og slædesurring og den sidste
bit of harness rove into a
stump seletøj flettet sammen til
long rope, the dogs were
et langt reb blev hundene
hoisted, one by one, to the
hejset, én for én, op til
cliff crest. François came up
klippens top. François kom sidst
last, after the sled and load.
op, efter slæden og lasten. Så
Then came the search for a
fulgte søgningen efter et sted
place to descend, which descent
at komme ned, hvilken
was ultimately made by
nedstigning til sidst blev udført
miracle, while François prayed
по чудо, докато Франсоа се молеше
for just that miracle; and with
именно за такова чудо; и с
every thong and sled lashing
всички ремъци, върви от шейната и
and the last bit of harness rove
последната част от хамутите,
into a long rope, the dogs
вплетени в дълго въже, кучетата
were hoisted, one by one, to
бяха издигнати, едно по едно, до
the cliff crest. François came
върха на скалата. Франсоа се качи
up last, after the sled and
последен, след шейната и
load. Then came the search for
товара. После дойде търсенето на
Tegen de tijd dat ze de
Hootalinqua en goed ijs
bereikten, was Buck volkomen op.
De overige honden verkeerden in
dezelfde staat; maar Perrault
dreef hen, om de verloren tijd in
te halen, vroeg en laat
voort. De eerste dag legden ze
vijfendertig mijl af tot de Big
Salmon; de volgende dag nog eens
vijfendertig tot de Little
Salmon; de derde dag veertig
mijl, waarmee ze dicht bij de
Five Fingers kwamen.
Buck’s feet were not so compact
Bucks poten waren niet zo
and hard as the feet of the
compact en hard als die van de
huskies. His had softened
husky’s. De zijne waren week
during the many generations
geworden in de vele generaties
since the day his last wild
sinds de dag dat zijn laatste
ancestor was tamed by a
wilde voorvader door een
cave-dweller or river
holbewoner of riviermens werd
