Jules Verne In search of the Castaways Concordances (Hapax - words occurring once) |
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4004 1, 3| sweetness in his look, and a stamp of Highland poetry about 4005 1, 19| exception of Thaouka, who stamped his foot, and tried to break 4006 3, 6| found himself almost at a stand-still, not three cables’ lengths 4007 1, 1| mizzen-mast, and a blue standard bearing the initials E. 4008 2, 9| large city of Melbourne now stands. For fifteen years the colony 4009 3, 4| Lord, is that we are at a standstill. Whether the sea will devour 4010 1, 13| glories, disappeared like a star lost in the distant darkness 4011 1, 18| the open air beneath the star-lit heavens; and none of Thalcave’ 4012 1, 13| completely set in, dark and starry. The moon, now in her last 4013 1, 1| no clew whatever to the starting-point.”~“We shall see,” said Glenarvan, 4014 1, 9| cold died subsequently of starvation. Cavendish the Corsair discovered 4015 1, 2| returned Lord Glenarvan; “the statement is too explicit, and clear, 4016 1, 9| that would reconcile all statements,” returned Paganel. “But 4017 3, 2| shores, giving them the name Staten-land or the Land of the States, 4018 3, 2| States, in honor of the States-General.~The Dutch navigator concluded 4019 2, 5| the true state of affairs, stating the case with all the coolness 4020 3, 10| are adorned with wooden statues, representing with perfect 4021 3, 6| hermetically sealed cases, staunch and safe from sea water, 4022 3, 20| Major himself felt a tear steal down his cheek in spite 4023 1, 5| the hour she reached the steamboat quay at Glasgow, she completely 4024 1, 9| is generally preferred by steamers on their way to the Pacific 4025 1, 9| Punta Arena. The church steeple and the Chilian flag gleamed 4026 3, 14| ridge rose again pretty steeply toward a wood for about 4027 3, 6| than a mile off. It was a steeply-shelving shore, fringed with breakers; 4028 3, 3| ship knows the way, and steers herself.” “Ha! ha!” laughed 4029 1, 20| now, and consequently less sterile, but still a desert. No 4030 2, 15| Ben Joyce of pounds 100 sterling.~“He’s a fellow that’s worth 4031 3, 14| rats, caught by Wilson and stewed. Lady Helena and Mary Grant 4032 1, 5| Caledonians, an obstinate stickler for all the ancient customs 4033 1, 15| his shoulders, and said stiffly,~“You go a little too far, 4034 2, 2| disagreeable compounds of Saxon stiffness and African blackness.~It 4035 2, 15| withdraw with the light. Stifling vapors filled the air, and 4036 3, 15| rope, appropriately called “stifling-creeper,” that caught the feet at 4037 1, 19| this he flung one of the still-glowing embers, and soon the bright 4038 2, 19| into coarse bread, which stilled the pangs of hunger at least. 4039 2, 15| replied Ayrton.~He tried to stimulate the bullocks to a fresh 4040 2, 19| gallop. The postilions, stimulated by a promise of a princely 4041 Int | vast and useful work in stimulating the interest not only of 4042 3, 2| five sailors, aided by the stimulus of the captain’s oaths. 4043 1, 13| atmosphere, the cold was stinging. Paganel consulted his barometer, 4044 1, 17| eased the pain of their stings. The Major did his best 4045 1, 17| though their riders had stinted themselves for their sakes, 4046 2, 8| Lord Glenarvan paid the sum stipulated for his various purchases, 4047 2, 14| numerous dogs. The crack of the stock-whip mingled continually with 4048 3, 20| well-cultivated land were stocked with vegetables of excellent 4049 2, 10| the men were armed with stockwhips, the handles of which are 4050 1, 5| the entire crew, from the stokers to the captain, all who 4051 3, 12| that I could get to you. I stole this knife and rope out 4052 2, 18| placed. His face, usually so stolid, showed that something disturbed 4053 1, 22| nothing for it but to bear it stolidly. The ponchos were streaming 4054 2, 15| the travelers wished to be stoned. It lasted about an hour, 4055 1, 1| be done, though, for the stony material had acquired the 4056 2, 6| gaily-colored walls, about ten stools, two oak chests on tin mugs, 4057 3, 12| said he, motioning them to stoop.~The scratching became more 4058 2, 8| explored the coal-bunkers, the store-room, the powder-store, and armory, 4059 1, 5| to do the same with the store-rooms, and managed so well that 4060 2, 2| the indefatigable steam stored up in the boiler.~Under 4061 2, 3| in Summer. I should make storehouses for my harvests: in one 4062 2, 5| every now and then the storm-driven sea would out-distance the 4063 1, 22| it like a cloud before a storm-wind. They looked in vain for 4064 3, 16| for what purpose? Tom was stormed with questions on all sides. 4065 3, 14| The sun went down in a stormy-looking bank of clouds. A few flashes 4066 3, 13| usually he was a ready story-teller, now he gave only evasive 4067 1, 16| would not understand, or the storyteller?” said McNabbs, quietly~“ 4068 1, 22| your honor, but I have good stout arms.”~“Robert, how is your 4069 2, 10| monotremata, and wanted to stow it away in the luggage; 4070 1, 5| while John Mangles made the stowage and provisioning of the 4071 3, 4| narrow space, fitter for stowing cargo than accommodating 4072 1, 23| hearth with his long legs straddled out in the Arab manner. 4073 3, 8| not allow themselves to straggle, and by instinct they kept 4074 3, 13| owing to the influx of the stragglers of the tribe. Fires lighted 4075 2, 15| was soon evident in the strain it made on the bullocks 4076 1, 26| wandered up and down the lonely strand. He gazed, and listened, 4077 3, 16| two men. And now, by the strangest concourse of events, the 4078 2, 6| followed by five handsome strapping lads, his sons, and their 4079 2, 6| appearance was enchanting. The stratified rocks on the shore were 4080 2, 10| serviceable in tracking up any strayed beasts. Six wagons made 4081 2, 18| on his rider, or was he straying in the bush, or had the 4082 3, 6| pains had been expended on strengthening the raft to resist the force 4083 3, 1| But Paganel did not lay stress on this argument. After 4084 1, 20| banks. The precincts were strewed with the dead wolves, and 4085 1, 10| continent. Let us make a stride across the narrow strip 4086 2, 19| had been vanquished in the strife; and the courageous searchers, 4087 1, 21| gain by these intestine strifes, and can not lose such fine 4088 1, 18| will be very satisfied. It strikes me that an hour’s shooting 4089 3, 13| achievements of the deceased. Strings of amulets, made of shells 4090 1, 14| The boy’s clothes were stripped off in an instant, and his 4091 1, 25| being, even in the most strong-minded. The whole party in the 4092 3, 3| experience to avoid them. The strongest ship would be lost if her 4093 3, 7| always might. After severe struggles General Cameron succeeded 4094 2, 10| conduct such a restive, stubborn lot to their destination, 4095 1, 13| myriads of bright stars studded the zenith. Still the rumbling 4096 1, 18| it was filthy, disgusting stuff. The three travelers then 4097 1, 6| innumerable pockets were stuffed with note-books, memorandum-books, 4098 2, 6| gentlemen were assisted by his sturdy sons to disencumber themselves 4099 3, 21| was celebrated in grand style in the chapel of Malcolm 4100 1, 17| quite contrary to his usual suavity, said bluntly:~“I believe 4101 1, 24| families, and species, and sub-species.”~“A mighty advantage, certainly!” 4102 Int | three great regions form the sub-titles of the three books which 4103 1, 21| Paganel instantly of the old subalterns in his own country.~Thalcave 4104 1, 18| neighed violently, and was subdued at last more by his master’ 4105 3, 7| General Cameron succeeded in subduing the Waikato district, but 4106 3, 11| severest privations, and been subjected to all kinds of ill-usage; 4107 1, 20| they have been reduced to subjection as much as Indians can be, 4108 3, 4| quickly by the scuppers, might submerge the ship. It would have 4109 1, 23| three days, should the water subside, they would be on board 4110 2, 7| threatened to withdraw its subsidy from the Peninsular Company 4111 2, 19| the natives were forced to subsist upon, when they could find 4112 2, 7| forests. For a whole month he subsisted on roots, edible ferns and 4113 1, 13| They say that the llama is substitute for the ox and the sheep, 4114 2, 1| ingenious and his deductions so subtle that even the matter-of-fact 4115 2, 17| shipwreck.’ ‘If his project succeeds, it will be a stroke of 4116 2, 12| Johnson,” cried Paganel, “the successor of the great and good Lincoln, 4117 2, 3| back, the most courageous succumbs. They cannot penetrate them; 4118 2, 7| when the opening of the Suez Canal would have supplanted 4119 2, 3| sandy shore, and any poor sufferers from it would have found 4120 2, 15| giddiness, or worse still, suffocation, caused by the high temperature? 4121 1, 20| travelers, but this did not suit Paganel.~“I have been very 4122 1, 13| call me that, you wouldn’t sulk at a beefsteak yourself, 4123 2, 15| additional fatigue.~Moreover, a sultry heat oppressed the plain. 4124 1, 16| the sun has brought two summers since then to the Pampas.”~ 4125 3, 15| sea, could not fly, and summoning all his remaining strength 4126 2, 14| Sandy Patterson’s bidding, a sumptuous breakfast was served in 4127 3, 13| point.~This chief, Hihi, or Sunbeam, was not a bad fellow. Paganel’ 4128 1, 17| get to Lake Salinas before sundown. The horses were tired out 4129 3, 19| name of Maria Theresa, a sunken rock in the middle of the 4130 2, 3| nature. You only see the sunny side.”~“What, madam! You 4131 1, 13| gradually becoming shorn of his sunset glories, disappeared like 4132 1, 16| soft tone:~“Es mio padre.”~“Suo padre,” replied the Patagonian, 4133 2, 13| trees which extend over a super-fices of several degrees. A cry 4134 1, 22| him. The noble animal swam superbly, instinctively making for 4135 2, 8| considered it mere costly superfluity.~But when he examined the 4136 2, 6| there was no lack of the superfluous. The host and hostess were 4137 Int | semi-scientific book, now superseded by later works, entitled “ 4138 3, 14| program. The savages are superstitiously affected by the great phenomena 4139 2, 7| the Suez Canal would have supplanted the Cape route. Harry Grant 4140 3, 15| the bush was a tangle of “supple-jack,” a kind of flexible rope, 4141 2, 18| eagerness.~“Yes, a bridge of supple-jacks,” said John Mangles. “The 4142 1, 2| incomplete.”~“Perhaps the one may supplement the other,” suggested Major 4143 1, 4| never gain access to her. Suppliants but too rarely reach the 4144 1, 18| Thalcave spoke of the lake as supplying drinkable water he was thinking 4145 3, 18| because Ayrton’s opinion just supports my own.”~V. IV Verne~“Then 4146 2, 4| what became of him? The suppositions we might make are not numerous. 4147 1, 7| John Mangles, he could not suppress a smile; but the Major appeared 4148 2, 10| at all. My bullocks are surefooted, and you may rely on me 4149 2, 18| depended on his strength and surefootedness. The Major advised Mulrady 4150 1, 20| these houses, but it was the surest plan to go straight on to 4151 3, 13| paused in their career, and surged like the sea waves against 4152 3, 16| Major, who was always the surgeon on great occasions, began 4153 2, 15| questions put to him in a surly tone. But his replies sufficed 4154 1, 15| Araucanian, “The Thunderer.” This surname had, no doubt, come from 4155 1, 20| was on his guard against surprises, and gave orders to his 4156 3, 7| Government; but when the surveyor came to measure the purchased 4157 3, 11| she would have refused to survive him. It was a custom, as 4158 2, 11| the passengers ten only survived—those in the last carriage. 4159 1, 13| and even over it without suspecting its existence. It was covered 4160 1, 12| fall of the masses of snow suspended in the air seven or eight 4161 3, 13| There was food enough to sustain ten persons for fifteen 4162 1, 18| there was some danger of his swallowing up the whole river.~At last 4163 1, 24| carefully carrying some black swallows’ eggs, and a string of sparrows, 4164 1, 22| with him. The noble animal swam superbly, instinctively 4165 3, 12| below they perceived the swarming mass of frantic natives.~ 4166 3, 19| immediately. Yes, yes; I can swear to it! My sister heard it, 4167 1, 16| it, that the big drops of sweat fell in a cascade down his 4168 Int | Patagonian Pampas. An avalanche sweeps some of them away; a condor 4169 1, 3| but there was an exceeding sweetness in his look, and a stamp 4170 2, 1| like a bee sipping the sweets of compliments and smiles. 4171 1, 19| once?~Glenarvan’s heart swelled as he looked at Robert. 4172 3, 6| sand disappeared under the swelling tide. Extreme watchfulness 4173 3, 18| able to outdistance the swiftest ships in the British Navy. 4174 1, 22| placed all the exhausted swimmers in a place of security.~ 4175 1, 22| Famously, my Lord, he swims like a fish.”~“Lookout!” 4176 2, 11| all.”~It was, in fact, a swing bridge, which opened for 4177 2, 11| could never have opened a swing-bridge; they know nothing of its 4178 1, 13| difficulties of the giant of the Swiss Alps, not one of the travelers 4179 3, 19| where he lay in a deep swoon.~“Poor orphans,” said John 4180 1, 13| dish of llama.”~“You are a Sybarite.”~“I plead guilty to the 4181 3, 13| made of red-painted posts. Symbolic figures, tattooed on the 4182 2, 13| to nothing but the same symmetrical avenues of trees; it seemed 4183 3, 10| about forty huts arranged symmetrically.~When the captives approached 4184 2, 11| child, and thus the original symmetry is undisturbed.~Carisbrook 4185 2, 18| well tended, nor by such sympathetic hands.~Day came, and the 4186 3, 15| each other, not by narrow sympathies, but by a more personal 4187 2, 19| telegram was sent to the syndicate of shipbrokers in Melbourne. 4188 3, 14| degrees toward the higher table-land. John could not discern 4189 3, 5| tribes are served up on the tables of the conquerors.”~“Well, 4190 3, 13| artistically plaited contained tablets of an unknown green gum.~ 4191 3, 11| house of hangers-on, he taboos it; if an English trader 4192 3, 2| out to sea on the larboard tack, under all her lower sails, 4193 3, 20| thirty fathoms off, when it tacked about.~“This provoked me 4194 1, 19| wolves began to change their tactics. The deafening howls suddenly 4195 1, 25| water with their powerful tails, and attacking the OMBU 4196 1, 24| paid Paganel on his twofold talents as hunter and cook, which 4197 1, 24| at once to search for his talisman. He visited all the capital 4198 3, 13| reserve of a man generally so talkative; on this occasion they had 4199 1, 6| impression of being a great talker, and moreover, one of those 4200 1, 9| declares that the English are taller than the tallest Patagonian?”~“ 4201 1, 9| English are taller than the tallest Patagonian?”~“Oh, the English— 4202 1, 20| joyously in concert with the tangaras, the rivals in color of 4203 3, 14| because the safety valve of Tangariro was enough for its expansion; 4204 1, 11| saddle is made of sheepskins, tanned on one side and woolly on 4205 1, 2| contained were these:~troi ats tannia~gonie austral~abor~contin 4206 2, 14| Mozart’s “Il mio tesoro tanto” from Don Juan.~“Well, now,” 4207 1, 10| till we reach the Sierra Tapalquen, from whence we shall see 4208 1, 22| till Thaouka woke them by tapping vigorously against the RANCHO 4209 2, 13| and the Eucalyptus, the “Tara” of the aborigines, belonging 4210 1, 6| if it had been a walk to Tarbert or Loch Katrine they were 4211 3, 9| they would soon have been targets for their own balls.~They 4212 1, 9| Toward the southwest, Mount Tarn rose 6,500 feet high. Night 4213 3, 20| with sail cloth, carefully tarred over, and beneath this secure 4214 3, 5| appreciated. According to them it tastes like pork, with even more 4215 1, 18| an armadillo, a sort of tatou, covered with a hard bony 4216 3, 7| after having affixed his tattoo-mark to the letter by way of 4217 3, 9| albatross bone used by the Maori tattooer, had five times scored his 4218 3, 7| accepted the submission of the Tauranga tribes, and left them in 4219 3, 2| southern island was called Tavai-Pouna-Mou, “the whale that yields 4220 1, 12| dexterity of Wilson were taxed heavily now. These two brave 4221 1, 18| very cleverly to kill a TAY-TETRE, or peccary, a pachydermatous 4222 2, 10| and barley meal scones; tea ad libitum, and whisky in 4223 3, 15| sprang up from thickets of tea-tree scrub. They diffused a powerful 4224 Int | first and greatest of those teachers who are now leading us toward 4225 1, 19| not leave you, Robert. He teaches me what I must do. It is 4226 1, 9| spent his leisure hours in teaching young Robert, and instructed 4227 2, 9| said McNabbs, on purpose to tease Paganel.~“Just wait, impatient 4228 3, 5| Zealand until her pastures teem with sheep and oxen.”~“Evidently, 4229 1, 9| the colonists of Carmen Tehuelches, the Araucans Huiliches; 4230 1, 9| Chauha, and Falkner that of Tehuelhets. The name they give themselves 4231 2, 19| At 2 P.M. the following telegraphic reply was received: “LORD 4232 2, 11| You, who have electric telegraphs and universal exhibitions 4233 3, 9| Paganel, whose excitable temperament always rebounded from one 4234 1, 11| and yet the atmosphere so tempered by the sea breezes as to 4235 1, 8| was the rainy season, “le tempo das aguas,” as the Spanish 4236 1, 8| Glenarvan.~“My Lord, you are a tempter.”~“Let me add, that we shall 4237 1, 13| to his companions by the tempting name of guanaco cutlets. 4238 2, 18| out with the fatigues of a ten-mile walk.~“Well, what about 4239 1, 23| fasten it down in the most tenacious manner. This was how it 4240 1, 3| England, because of the tenacity with which he clung to the 4241 2, 12| religious enthusiasm at so tender an age was easily explained. 4242 1, 26| him in his arms, and gazed tenderly into his face. Then he said:~“ 4243 1, 19| Glenarvan, with indescribable tenderness in his tone.~Both he and 4244 1, 15| sewed together with ostrich tendons, and with the silky wool 4245 1, 16| 20th of October, and the tenth day since they had left 4246 1, 22| ponchos had to serve both for tents and coverlets as each man 4247 3, 2| into a large bay, which, terminating in a narrow strait, separated 4248 3, 18| which must have been the termination of the proper noun, ZEALAND.”~“ 4249 3, 15| amphitheater on natural terraces; their waters gradually 4250 2, 11| Mount Simpson and Mount Terrengower marked the southern point 4251 3, 8| yesterday.”~“But we shall be terribly delayed if this interminable 4252 3, 4| itself is against us. It terrifies me!”~“You, my Lord?”~“Not 4253 1, 25| companions gazed silently at this terrifying spectacle. They could not 4254 3, 11| hundred arms threatened the terror-stricken captives. But no one moved, 4255 1, 17| find rich treasures in the tertiary strata here, for it is full 4256 1, 18| species of plover, called TERU-TERU; yellow rays, and waterfowl 4257 2, 14| strains of Mozart’s “Il mio tesoro tanto” from Don Juan.~“Well, 4258 3, 12| with one hand to a tuft of tetragonia, with the other holding 4259 1, 25| sap, which was of a spongy texture, supplied food for its devouring 4260 1, 13| to it, and we can only be thankful.”~“Why, it is a perfect 4261 2, 1| evidently appears to be the theater of the shipwreck of the 4262 2, 14| to rebuild the walls of Thebes. Paganel had a great desire 4263 1, 5| cordially joined his cheers with theirs, for the Lady of Luss.~The 4264 1, 23| have a talk.~As usual their theme was Captain Grant. In three 4265 | thence 4266 2, 4| further south. But it is to Theodore Hertoge, a Dutchman, that 4267 1, 24| that.”~“How?”~“Cosmogonie, theogonie, agonie.”~“AGONIE,” said 4268 1, 25| That’s another of your theories,” said the Major.~“And one 4269 | thereupon 4270 2, 3| and seals. Here and there thermal springs and chalybeate waters 4271 1, 17| discussion of this ethnological thesis— so lively that the Major 4272 1, 6| soon enveloped in still thicker clouds of smoke. He stood 4273 3, 15| good fortune to espy, in a thicket, a pair of gigantic birds; 4274 3, 15| insects, sprang up from thickets of tea-tree scrub. They 4275 3, 7| Bagdad; the other smaller, thickset like mulattoes, but robust, 4276 1, 26| heads of the tall grasses. Thinly planted woods rose to view, 4277 3, 7| the smallest tussock, the thinnest brushwood, may conceal an 4278 3, 13| opposing rock. All the crowd, thirsting for blood, stood at the 4279 2, 3| six days he cleared the thirteen hundred miles which separate 4280 1, 17| Argentine Pampas extend from the thirty-fourth to the fortieth degree of 4281 1, 18| into Lake San Lucas about thirty-one miles off. If there should 4282 1, 25| Ayres, lightning struck thirty-seven times during one single 4283 1, 3| Club.~Edward Glenarvan was thirty-two years of age. He was tall 4284 1, 16| prairies of lucerne and thistles, which constitute the third 4285 1, 15| bound together with leather thongs. He was over six feet in 4286 1, 20| brilliant humming birds. On the thorny bushes the nests of the 4287 2, 6| its way along such busy thoroughfares right out into the Indian 4288 1, 21| Caciques?”~Manuel looked thoughtful for a few minutes, like 4289 3, 15| with an ax through this thousand-headed hydra. Hunting became impossible, 4290 2, 18| soon out of sight as they threaded their way among the tall 4291 3, 11| If excessive consumption threatens to exterminate the fish 4292 3, 7| left them in possession of three-fourths of their lands. It was also 4293 1, 25| presence of which sent a thrill through the whole nervous 4294 3, 19| cry, the tones of which thrilled through every fiber of their 4295 2, 19| skill. The sailor felt a throb of returning life. McNabbs 4296 1, 4| rarely reach the steps of a throne; it seems as if royal palaces 4297 1, 4| kisses; and the servants who thronged the courtyard, and had been 4298 1, 11| solitary heron or owl, and a thrush or grebe, flying from the 4299 1, 11| with blood from the cruel thrusts inflicted by the gigantic 4300 1, 7| country of elephants and Thugs.”~“Then it would be by no 4301 3, 20| At this moment a vigorous thump on Paganel’s shoulder almost 4302 1, 15| signified in Araucanian, “The Thunderer.” This surname had, no doubt, 4303 | thy 4304 3, 10| dracaenas australis,” the “ti-trees” of the natives, whose crown 4305 2, 7| passed a law to prevent any ticket-of-leave men from other provinces 4306 3, 1| plains where even the slight tides of the Pacific might have 4307 3, 4| an oath, called his men, tightened his topmast cordage, and 4308 2, 11| was a stretch of sparsely timbered country, which quite deserved 4309 3, 17| betrayed neither effrontery nor timidity. When he found himself in 4310 2, 18| Helena and Mary Grant. A more timorous man than the sailor would 4311 1, 18| peculiar to the Pampas, called TINAMOUS; black wood-hens; a species 4312 1, 23| asked Glenarvan. “Our tinder is just like wet sponge.”~“ 4313 1, 22| foam from his mouth was tinged with blood from the action 4314 1, 12| themselves by the distant tinkle of her bell. Often some 4315 2, 10| length. The violet and purple tints of his head contrasted vividly 4316 3, 20| and a port instead of a tiny bay exposed to the open 4317 3, 19| stood out here and there, tipped with sunlight. At five o’ 4318 1, 1| been such an inveterate tippler that he has not only drunk 4319 2, 9| of the world.’”~Paganel’s tirade was poured forth in the 4320 1, 18| missed the NANDOU would soon tire out horse and rider by involving 4321 3, 6| ceased en -~V. IV Verne tirely. The sail flapped idly against 4322 1, 9| the Fuegians called them Tiremenen, the Chilians Caucalhues, 4323 2, 8| spokes or felloes, or iron tires— in a word, plain wooden 4324 3, 5| azote contained in animal tissues. The lungs are satisfied 4325 2, 12| Robert, who chose out all the titbits for his new friend. Toline 4326 Int | connection with the last of these titles. It is our author’s first 4327 1, 21| see through the clouds of tobacco smoke which escaped from 4328 1, 5| intensely Scotch from top to toe, a Caledonian of the Caledonians, 4329 3, 8| wings and tail, with four toes, a long snipe-like beak, 4330 3, 20| them again.~“However, we toiled on resolutely, and before 4331 2, 8| carpet, and fitted up with a toilet table and two couches. Thick 4332 1, 18| Glenarvan began to be uneasy. Tokens of sterility were not the 4333 1, 18| of time. My horse is in tolerable good trim, and I volunteer 4334 2, 19| replied John Mangles. “Perhaps tomorrow the river may be practicable.”~“ 4335 2, 15| the travelers reached the top-most point of the pass, about 4336 2, 5| the foresail, brigantine, top-sail, and jib-boom. At midnight 4337 3, 2| her lower sails, topsails, topgallants, cross-jack, and jib. By 4338 3, 4| called his men, tightened his topmast cordage, and made all snug 4339 3, 6| When the lower mast, the topmasts, and the royals were sawn 4340 1, 13| Across the wild valley of the Torbido, about two miles distant, 4341 2, 16| have to walk hatchet or torch in hand, and, believe me, 4342 2, 17| such a state of complete torpor that the slightest sound 4343 2, 6| Murray, the Yarrow, the Torrens, the Darling—all connected 4344 2, 5| symptoms of fear, he was tortured with anxiety, and his steady 4345 1, 1| water! This waif had been tossing about in the ocean a long 4346 3, 7| southern island, with a total population of 184,346 inhabitants 4347 1, 13| instant. Cones were cut off. Tottering peaks disappeared as if 4348 3, 9| canoe. The most audacious tourist will scarcely venture to 4349 1, 23| Where are you?”~“In my tower.”~“What are you doing there?”~“ 4350 1, 20| narrow gorge, and above it towered the lofty battlements of 4351 1, 16| got down on the ground and traced a geographical map on the 4352 3, 10| in of caverns among the trachytic lavas of the center of the 4353 2, 10| day, always obedient and tractable to the dogs. But when they 4354 2, 15| bullocks also. The means of traction and transport were now reduced 4355 3, 11| taboos it; if an English trader displeases him he is tabooed. 4356 1, 21| the notice of the Indian traders who traffic between Tandil 4357 1, 5| forget to carry with them the traditional bagpipes. Lord Glenarvan 4358 1, 3| with which he clung to the traditions of his forefathers, and 4359 1, 21| of the Indian traders who traffic between Tandil and Carmen, 4360 1, 21| CHAPTER XXI A FALSE TRAIL~THE Sierra Tandil rises 4361 2, 17| less to be feared than the traitor.~But one serious consequence 4362 1, 17| crime in the Pampas, as the TRAMONTANE does in the Campagna of 4363 2, 13| vast green temple, and the tramp of the horses, a few words 4364 3, 18| present at every contract or transaction between two parties. That 4365 1, 10| doing all the good he can. Transire beneficiendo—that is our 4366 1, 2| that each is the literal translation of the other, for they all 4367 3, 15| Salt springs, of singular transparency, peopled by myriads of insects, 4368 3, 17| quartermaster, but nothing transpired about their interview. What 4369 2, 14| native trees were added transplantations from European climates. 4370 2, 2| history, he invoked in his transports the divine Calliope, the 4371 1, 13| peaks disappeared as if some trap had opened at their base. 4372 3, 5| than to venture into this treacherous country.”~“Anything is better, 4373 1, 16| the foot of the traveler treads over immense prairies of 4374 3, 14| plan of flight. Paganel had treasured up his map of New Zealand, 4375 1, 17| geologist would find rich treasures in the tertiary strata here, 4376 3, 5| shown himself a man, and I treat him as such, in not concealing 4377 3, 1| captain, as if to ratify the treaty. On John Mangles’ side it 4378 1, 24| rang out in the boy’s clear treble voice and Paganel’s deep 4379 3, 20| make my way toward it. Hope trebled my strength, I cleft the 4380 3, 15| sheets of glass. Gigantic tree-ferns grew beside them, in conditions 4381 1, 26| rose to view, and small tree-like mimosas, bushes of acacia, 4382 1, 13| are called by the people TREMBLORES.~The plateau to which the 4383 3, 13| earthquake, but that peculiar tremor that affects the metal of 4384 1, 22| CANADAS, immense natural trenches filled with water. No shelter 4385 3, 11| title of ariki to that of tribal chief. He was invested with 4386 1, 10| Rio Colorado, and their tributaries intersected by the 37th 4387 3, 15| failed in their accustomed tribute. The provisions were almost 4388 2, 4| troubling himself about such a trifle.~“Come, my good friend,” 4389 1, 14| before he had pulled the trigger the report of a gun resounded 4390 3, 4| the voice of those ancient Tritons whom poetic mythology endowed 4391 1, 24| My dear Glenarvan, don’t triumph over me too fast. I am going 4392 3, 12| Robert, radiant with joy, triumphant at his success, led the 4393 2, 4| asked the geographer, triumphantly.~“It is yours, Paganel,” 4394 2, 10| ambition, the stock-keeper triumphed over these difficulties, 4395 1, 16| be, to the sun.”~Paganel, triumphing in his pupil, immediately 4396 3, 10| taught the Maories about a Triune God, father, son, and bird, 4397 3, 15| the foot of man had never trod. They knew this by the quantity 4398 1, 2| it contained were these:~troi ats tannia~gonie austral~ 4399 1, 24| you please, ‘deux jours, trois jours,’ or ‘une longue agonie,’ 4400 1, 8| progress, and passed the Tropic of Cancer on the second 4401 1, 16| and walking pace, for the “trot” seemed altogether unknown 4402 3, 1| Glenarvan and Captain John trotted along without speaking, 4403 3, 4| We must not look out for troubles. The MACQUARIE sails badly, 4404 1, 6| because I did not wish to be troublesome when you were starting. 4405 1, 20| foot high, and resembling a truncated cone in shape. The flamingos 4406 1, 5| Glenarvan had in them a band of trusty fellows, skilled in their 4407 3, 5| The Jesuit inculcated the truths of religion, which the dying 4408 2, 13| prepare supper in one of these tubular trunks. He found it drew 4409 1, 25| and the Indians call it “tuco-tuco.” This curious specimen 4410 2, 9| 6th of June, 1835, on a Tuesday—”~“At a quarter past seven 4411 3, 12| Taupo, behind the peaks of Tuhahua and Pukepapu, the captives 4412 1, 13| night.~Loud snores in every tune and key soon resounded from 4413 2, 6| meal was spread; the soup tureen was smoking between roast 4414 1, 10| Andes into a smooth plain, turfed and graveled quite like 4415 2, 13| smoother from the hands of a turner. They stood like pillars 4416 2, 15| not go well round sharp turnings, prop up the wagon when 4417 3, 7| country, where the smallest tussock, the thinnest brushwood, 4418 2, 6| but a handsbreadth. The Tweed, several fathoms wide, digs 4419 3, 12| tried the walls for the twentieth time, was compelled to acknowledge 4420 2, 13| Island.~The gang numbers twenty-nine men; they are under the 4421 2, 13| soil. Not a branch, not a twig, not a stray shoot, not 4422 1, 21| girl, who was then nursing twin babies six months old— two 4423 1, 24| ferocious creature. He can twist the neck of a horse with 4424 1, 4| navigation, but commerce also—a two-fold qualification eminently 4425 3, 8| have served to attract this two-footed jaguar.~The night passed 4426 3, 9| patou-patou,” a kind of two-headed ax of an emerald color, 4427 2, 9| diseases are unknown, from typhus to measles, and chronic 4428 2, 1| unless you have the gift of ubiquity you can’t be in two places 4429 2, 2| might bear away the palm for ugliness. The children of these heterogeneous 4430 3, 10| influence of Kara-Tete gave umbrage to Kai-Koumou. They both 4431 2, 16| replied the quartermaster, un-yoking the exhausted beasts.~“Now, 4432 2, 17| loss to understand this unaccountable agitation. Paganel looked 4433 3, 19| DUNCAN in the dark, for I am unacquainted with the coast. I will keep 4434 1, 4| recounted it in so simple and unaffected a manner, that it was evident 4435 3, 18| difficulties and furnished unanswerable arguments against himself. 4436 2, 10| were a couple of shy and unapproachable black swans. This rara avis 4437 3, 12| Yes, John; but we are unarmed.”~“No!” replied John, showing 4438 3, 13| should lie under our feet unavailable for our needs. Our DUNCAN 4439 1, 11| cry, and if that proved unavailing, a good-sized pebble, thrown 4440 2, 14| long as the front ones, and unbend like a spring. At the head 4441 3, 11| taken by surprise. Their unbound hands showed that they met 4442 3, 19| devotion of the captain was so unbounded.~“And does Mr. John still 4443 3, 11| hours, the corpse remains unburied. This custom was rigorously 4444 3, 21| McNabbs, Paganel would not unbutton.~Not even when the DUNCAN 4445 3, 13| enter the narrow gorges, uncertain whether any outlet existed.~ 4446 1, 26| of the current remained unchanged, always running from southwest 4447 2, 4| intelligence, and most degraded and uncivilized, but they are mild and gentle 4448 2, 18| slight movement. His eyes unclosed, his lips muttered incoherent 4449 1, 24| Glenarvan. “Do you find these uncomfortable hard branches very luxurious?”~“ 4450 2, 7| fallen into the hands of uncommonly shrewd people.”~But, doubtless, 4451 1, 23| precisely because we have an uncon-testable figure, provided for us, 4452 3, 18| of himself, so to speak, unconditionally, singularly touched his 4453 2, 11| in the ruined heap with unconquerable violence. A few unrecognizable 4454 1, 16| head of the party, quite unconscious of the admiration he was 4455 2, 1| worth incontestable and uncontested.”~“Go on, Major,” said Paganel; “ 4456 1, 17| Glenarvan, bursting into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, in which 4457 3, 20| bowed gravely.~Glenarvan uncovered, and all the crew followed 4458 2, 6| below. It appeared entirely uncultivated, and covered with shrubs 4459 3, 19| saw it was impossible to undeceive the poor boy, but he tried 4460 2, 15| Melbourne.~Glenarvan was undecided what to do, and perhaps 4461 1, 13| region of the globe is so underlaid with volcanic fires and 4462 1, 18| shots were fired into the underwood. Instantly there rose by 4463 3, 11| Maories, indisputable and undisputed, is comprised in the frequent 4464 3, 4| more distant waves were undistinguishable in a motionless bank of 4465 2, 11| the original symmetry is undisturbed.~Carisbrook was full of 4466 2, 10| of which are brackish and undrinkable.~Jacques Paganel was obliged 4467 3, 19| the other. A long swell undulated the surface of the calm 4468 3, 1| life’s devotion; on Mary’s undying gratitude.~During that day, 4469 1, 22| circumscribed pieces of water unencumbered with aquatic plants, the 4470 2, 9| where the kangaroos leap on unequal legs, and sheep have pigs’ 4471 2, 15| road was toilsome from its uneven character. The extumescences 4472 2, 6| wished to leave no part unexplored.~The boats had hard, rough 4473 2, 2| day-book; and more than once, unfaithful to Clio, the muse of history, 4474 1, 21| mother tongue had grown unfamiliar, and if he had not forgotten 4475 2, 12| the night at once. Ayrton unfastened the bullocks and turned 4476 3, 10| A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW~AN unfathomable gulf twenty-five miles long, 4477 2, 19| seemed to ridicule the poor unfortunates. However, Glenarvan was 4478 3, 2| The sails were gradually unfurled; the five hands made slow 4479 2, 6| that it would have been ungracious not to have seated themselves. 4480 3, 19| kindness. To refuse would be ungrateful, but a man, my father has 4481 2, 15| dangerous declivities, to unhar-ness the bullocks when the team 4482 2, 11| opposite shore, hung, still unharmed, by its chains. No one could 4483 3, 10| Yes,” replied Glenarvan, unhesitatingly, as his nationality would 4484 3, 4| of route as to be quite unhinged. Much as they had been interested 4485 2, 14| forward, and Robert rose unhurt. Next minute he was in his 4486 2, 15| odorous gum-trees, broke the uniform monotony here and there. 4487 2, 6| solitudes, uninhabited and uninhabitable; while, on the contrary, 4488 3, 4| His whole thought was his uninsured cargo. “I am ruined! I am 4489 1, 4| document was obscure and unintelligible. And, then, they said it 4490 3, 15| narrate all the monotonous and uninteresting details of the rest of the 4491 1, 25| counted fifty-five minutes of uninterrupted rolling.”~“Watch in hand?” 4492 1, 23| needs be. All Scotland would unite with me to save so devoted 4493 3, 9| bushes, projected into the uniting streams. The swifter waters 4494 | unlikely 4495 3, 5| impossible with such an unmanageable craft.~“And what we cannot 4496 2, 17| of Glenarvan. Happily the unmasked bandit was less to be feared 4497 1, 3| for the resemblance was unmistakable. The girl was about sixteen 4498 2, 15| situation became grave. The unmounted horsemen might walk, of 4499 3, 15| name of Glenarvan to this unnamed mountain, which rose 3,000 4500 2, 5| the alarm whistle sounded unnaturally loud, and the yacht made 4501 2, 11| that the strangers passed unobserved amid the laborious inhabitants.~ 4502 3, 8| dogs, has fled toward the unoccupied country, and is fast disappearing 4503 3, 6| said the Major.~Olbinett unpacked some dried meat and a dozen