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away before and behind, and there

i ispred i iza njih, i nije

was no escape except up the

bilo drugog spasa osim uz

cliff. Perrault scaled it

liticu. Perrault se uz nju

by a miracle, while

uzverao pravim čudom, dok se

François prayed for just that

François molio upravo za to

miracle; and with every thong

čudo; i pomoću svakog remena i

and sled lashing and the last

svake sanjkaške veze i

bit of harness rove

poslednjeg dela zaprege upletenih

into a long rope, the dogs were

u dugačko uže, psi su bili

hoisted, one by one, to the

izdignuti, jedan po jedan, na

cliff crest. François came

vrh litice. François se popeo

up last, after the sled and

poslednji, posle sanki i

load. Then came the search for

tovara. Zatim je došla potraga za

a place to descend, which

mestom za spuštanje, koje je

descent was ultimately made by

spuštanje na kraju izvedeno

the aid of the rope, and night

uz pomoć užeta, i noć ih

found them back on the river with

je zatekla natrag na reci,

a quarter of a mile to the day’s

s četvrt milje pripisane tom

credit.

danu.

Kada su stigli do Hootalinque

i dobrog leda, Buck je bio

iznuren. Ostali psi bili su

u sličnom stanju; ali

Perrault, da bi nadoknadio

izgubljeno vreme, gonio ih je i

rano i pozno. Prvog dana

prevalili su trideset pet milja

do Velikog Salmona; sledećeg dana

još trideset pet do Malog

Salmona; trećeg dana četrdeset

milja, što ih je dobro

približilo Pet prstiju.

Buck’s feet were not so compact

Buckove šape nisu bile tako

and hard as the feet of the

zbijene i tvrde kao šape

huskies. His had softened

haskija. Njegove su omekšale

during the many generations

tokom mnogih naraštaja od dana

since the day his last wild

kada je njegovog poslednjeg

ancestor was tamed by a

divljeg pretka ukrotio pećinski

cave-dweller or river man. All

čovek ili čovek s reke. Ceo

day long he limped in agony, and

dan je šepao u mukama, a

camp once made, lay

kada bi tabor bio podignut, legao

down like a dead dog. Hungry as

bi kao mrtav pas. Iako je bio

he was, he would not move to