. Il giro del mondo in ottanta giorni. vele.Un uomo ha proposto un tale metodo a me. Era un uomo che aveva parlato per fissare durante la notte,e offerta wdiose aveva rifiutato. Filea Fogg non ha risposto a una sola volta ; ma fissare havingpointed fuori l'uomo, che era a piedi in su e in giù davanti alla stazione, il sig. Fogg è andato fino a lui. Un Instantafter, il sig. Fogg e l'Americano il cui nome w^asMudge, entrato in una capanna costruita appena al di sotto del fort. Vi il sig. Fogg ha esaminato un curioso veicolo, una sorta offrame su due lunghe travi, un po' sollevato davanti come therunners di una mazza, e su cui non vi era spazio forfive o sei

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. Around the world in eighty days. sails.A man has proposed such a method to me. It was the man who had spoken to Fix during the night, and wdiose offer he had refused. Phileas Fogg did not reply at once ; but Fix havingpointed out the man, who was walking up and down infront of the station, Mr. Fogg went up to him. An Instantafter, Mr. Fogg and the American, whose name w^asMudge, entered a hut built just below the fort. There Mr. Fogg examined a curious vehicle, a kind offrame on two long beams, a little raised in front like therunners of a sledge, and upon which there was room forfive or six persons. A high mast was fixed on the frame, held firmly by metallic lashings, to which was attached alarge brigantine sail. This mast held an iron stay uponwhich to hoist a jib-sail. Behind, a sort of rudder servedto guide the vehicle. It was, in short, a sledge rigged likea sloop. During the winter, w^hen the trains are blockedup by the snow, these sledges make extremely rapidjourneys across the frozen plains from one station to. THE COLD, INCEEASED BY THE TEEMENDOUS SPEED, DEPEIVED THEM OF THE POWEE OF SPEECH. [Page 2G6. AROUND THE WORLD IX EIGHTY DAYS. 265 another. Provided with more sail than a cutter, and withthe wind behind them, they sHp over the surface of theprairies with a speed equal if not superior to that of theexpress trains. Mr. Fogg readily made a bargain with the owner of thisland-craft. The wind was favourable, being fresh, andblowing from the west. The snow had hardened, andMudge was very confident of being able to transportMr. Fogg in a few hours to Omaha. Thence the trainseastward run frequently to Chicago and New York.It was not impossible that the lost time might yetbe recovered; and such an opportunity was not to berejected. Not w^ishing to expose Aouda to the discomforts oftravelling in the open air, Mr. Fogg proposed to leave herwith Passepartout at Fort Kearney, the servant takingupon himself to escort her to Europe by a better route andunder more fav

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