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Chapter 31—The Death of Simpson They resumed their journey; the mind of every one was filled with new and unexpected ideas, for to meet any one in these regions is about the most remarkable event that can happen. Hatteras frowned uneasily. “The Porpoise!” he kept saying to himself; “what ship is that? And what is it doing so near the Pole?” At the thought, he shuddered. The doctor and Bell only thought of the two results which might follow the discovery of this document, that they might be of service in saving some one, or, possibly, that they might be saved by them; But the difficulties, obstacles, and dangers soon returned, and they could only think of their perilous position. Simpson’s condition grew worse; the doctor could not be mistaken about the symptoms of a speedy death. He co