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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: water; then, seizing with a strong hand the bridle of the
terrified horse, he gave him such an impulse that he managed
to struggle out of the circle, and getting again into the cur-
rent, the kibitka drifted along anew.
"Hurrah!" exclaimed Nicholas.
Two hours after leaving the wharf, the kibitka had
crossed the widest arm of the river, and had landed on an
island more than six versts below the starting point.
There the horse drew the cart onto the bank, and an
hour's rest was given to the courageous animal; then the
island having been crossed under the shade of its mag-
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