Had an accident then happened to the sledge, the travellers, attacked by these beasts, would have been in the most terrible danger; but it held on its even course, soon gained on the wolves, and ere long left the howling band at a safe distance behind.
Si algún incidente hubiese detenido entonces el trineo, los viajeros atacados por esas encarnizadas fieras, hubieran corrido los mas graves peligros; pero el trineo seguía firme, y tomando buena delantera, no tardó en quedarse atrás aquella aultadora tropa.