Part, Chapter
1 I, I | Jaspar Hobson, Sergeant Long, Corporal Joliffe, and his
2 I, I | which the Indians talked long afterwards in their wigwams.~
3 I, I | Jaspar Hobson, Sergeant Long, Corporal and Mrs Joliffe,
4 I, I | a good officer, Sergeant Long was that of a good soldier.
5 I, I | fatigue. Perhaps Sergeant Long was rather hard upon his
6 I, I | and her face, framed in long braids of hair, already
7 I, I | eye-glass rested upon her long straight nose, with its
8 I, II | company assembled.~“Sergeant Long,” said the Captain, “go
9 I, III | SAVANT THAWED.~Sergeant Long hastened to the narrow passage
10 I, III | opening,” replied Sergeant Long, who really seemed to be
11 I, III | who really seemed to be a long time about it.~At last the
12 I, III | lightning. Worthy Sergeant Long only just escaped being
13 I, IV | hundred and fifty miles long by fifty across, and is
14 I, IV | 25’ N. lat. and 114° W. long. The surrounding districts
15 I, IV | the Chesterfield inlet, a long narrow estuary formed by
16 I, IV | refreshing to the sight after the long dreary winter. Timber was
17 I, IV | until the 16th April. Many a long talk did she have with Lieutenant
18 I, IV | soldier.~~~~~~2. Sergeant Long.~~~~12. Hope, do.~~~~~~
19 I, IV | two, and controlled by the long thong brandished by the
20 I, IV | snow-shoes, two or three feet long, capable of supporting the
21 I, V | from her heavy sleep in the long winter night, and smiled
22 I, V | Jaspar Hobson and Sergeant Long went first; then Mrs Paulina
23 I, V | dexterously wielding the long Esquimaux whip, terminating
24 I, V | like express trains, and as long as this fine weather lasts
25 I, V | What do you think, Sergeant Long?”~“I agree with you, Lieutenant,”
26 I, V | the Company! Ah, Sergeant Long, I know if I gave you an
27 I, V | back,” replied Sergeant Long simply.~During this colloquy
28 I, V | lived through the strange long six months’ night, and then
29 I, V | gesticulated, and flourished his long whip like an accomplished
30 I, VI | taking advantage of the long twilight, pressed on day
31 I, VI | reawakening vegetation, after the long night of winter, were refreshing
32 I, VI | delights and marvels of the long Polar night.”~“Have you
33 I, VII | On the 23d May, after a long and fatiguing journey, the
34 I, VII | unexplored tracts which will long defy the efforts of the
35 I, VII | anxiety to appear, but had a long consultation with Sergeant
36 I, VII | consultation with Sergeant Long whilst the dogs of his sledge
37 I, VII | fertile region, and the long white plains stretching
38 I, VII | consulting with Sergeant Long, gave the order to halt.
39 I, VII | Thomas Black and Sergeant Long another, and so on. These
40 I, VII | the end of the storm as long as they took care not to
41 I, VIII | brother-in-law of Sergeant Long. He showed the greatest
42 I, VIII | plenty of fuel through the long winter. Their thick trunks
43 I, VIII | under part of its body, was long and silky.~“A good shot,
44 I, VIII | with. Let us press on as long as we have firm ground beneath
45 I, VIII | venison awaited them. Sergeant Long did the honours of the table,
46 I, VIII | boatman named Norman, who had long been in the Company’s service.~
47 I, VIII | accompanied by Sergeant Long as far as the little harbour,
48 I, VIII | open fishing-boat, six feet long, rigged like a cutter, which
49 I, IX | the north, and it was not long before the travellers learned
50 I, IX | The frail boat could not long resist the blows of the
51 I, IX | that the boat could not long maintain this course. The
52 I, IX | them could have said how long they waited when they were
53 I, IX | evident that he could not long sustain a conflict with
54 I, IX | Esquimaux boat or kayak is a long pirogue raised at each end,
55 I, IX | with the paddles, six feet long, sped rapidly over the white
56 I, X | and his brother-in-law, Long, completed the leave-taking,~
57 I, X | vehicle, Madge and Sergeant Long following them.~According
58 I, X | accomplish; so that the long hours, lightened by pleasant
59 I, X | wide and level, so that the long train of sledges sped rapidly
60 I, XI | Coppermine; and on the east a long narrow creek called Bathurst
61 I, XI | consulting with Sergeant Long, Lieutenant Hobson decided
62 I, XI | Lieutenant to his subordinate, Long, “we shall be in the position
63 I, XI | mention,” added Sergeant Long, “that our men will be entitled
64 I, XI | then, Lieutenant,” said Long simply, “we have now only
65 I, XI | on; but they did not last long, and exercised no sensible
66 I, XI | refreshing sight to eyes so long accustomed to the rugged,
67 I, XI | Frenchman,” said Sergeant Long quietly.~And all agreed
68 I, XII | THE MIDNIGHT SUN.~Sergeant Long’s assertion must appear
69 I, XII | Bathurst be like in the long winter night of four months
70 I, XII | the Lieutenant, Sergeant Long, and even Thomas Black,
71 I, XIII | first bitter frosts and long nights, would arrest all
72 I, XIII | weather; while during, the long night of the Arctic winter
73 I, XIII | have to be added to the long list of failures in Arctic
74 I, XIV | EXCURSIONS.~It did not take long to furnish the new abode.
75 I, XIV | Lieutenant and Sergeant Long, whose experience was invaluable,
76 I, XIV | the flesh was cut into long strips for food, the skins
77 I, XIV | rodent family, and have long ears, brown eyes, and a
78 I, XIV | as white partridges with long black-spotted feathers in
79 I, XIV | lake and stream. Sergeant Long was a first-rate angler,
80 I, XIV | about three feet high, with long tails, whose fur becomes
81 I, XIV | regard to the stores, as a long period of bad weather might
82 I, XV | other companions, Sergeant Long, and the soldiers Petersen,
83 I, XV | Mrs Barnett, Hobson, and Long, after promising not to
84 I, XV | side, which consisted of a long strip of perfectly level
85 I, XV | marked contrast, and Sergeant Long asked him whether he thought
86 I, XV | males-creatures nearly four feet long, clothed with very short
87 I, XV | truth of the adage “It’s a long lane that has no turning.”
88 I, XVI | of a family of beavers, long since noted by the watchful
89 I, XVI | That of the others was also long, glossy, and silky, but
90 I, XVI | chestnut brown. Beneath the long fur, the beavers have a
91 I, XVI | and body are about a foot long and its tail ten inches.
92 I, XVI | catch; they wriggle their long supple bodies through the
93 I, XVI | the Lieutenant, Sergeant Long. Marbre, and Sabine, to
94 I, XVII | his mind, and he did not long endeavour to get to the
95 I, XVII | and there floated these long pieces, scarcely cemented
96 I, XVII | attack Fort Hope before very long. Then the little colony
97 I, XVIII| XVIII.~ THE POLAR NIGHT.~The long night was ushered in by
98 I, XVIII| kept burning through the long hours of the sleepless night.~
99 I, XVIII| was not wasted during this long imprisonment. All these
100 I, XVIII| Lieutenant and Sergeant Long put their heads together,
101 I, XVIII| tine confinement had lasted long enough. The door could not
102 I, XVIII| rightly in 1845 . . . Sergeant Long, you were at Fort Reliance
103 I, XVIII| date?~“Yes, sir,” replied Long.~“Well, was it not in January
104 I, XIX | huge creature, six feet long, weighing six hundred pounds,
105 I, XIX | had the flattened head, long neck, short and slightly
106 I, XIX | the southern edges of the long white plains were touched
107 I, XIX | quite an episode in the long dreary dark months. Some
108 I, XIX | before midday, Sergeant Long, on his return from an excursion
109 I, XIX | they always keep open.~But Long, pointing to a grey wreath
110 I, XIX | They had the flat noses, long eye-lashes, large mouths,
111 I, XIX | large mouths, thick lips, long black coarse hair, and beardless
112 I, XIX | passage three or four feet long, which is about the thickness
113 I, XIX | extended her visit over five long minutes!-five centuries!
114 I, XIX | hut, Mrs Barnett drew a long sigh of relief, and the
115 I, XIX | exchange of words after long deliberation on both sides.
116 I, XIX | sad air, interspersed with long pauses, and filled with
117 I, XX | smell inside, although for a long distance outside the air
118 I, XX | swelled the chorus. The long days of imprisonment passed
119 I, XX | and being accustomed to long fasts in the winter, required
120 I, XX | Lieutenant when Sergeant Long said to him one day—~“We
121 I, XX | done can’t be undone. How long will the wood last?”~“There
122 I, XX | doubt it, sir,” replied Long, shaking his head. “The
123 I, XX | will brave it, sir,” said Long.~Hobson pressed his subordinate’
124 I, XX | experience, gained from long residence in the rigorous
125 I, XXI | indistinctly visible in the gloom. Long, approaching the window
126 I, XXI | severity of the cold for long at a time, they managed
127 I, XXI | and he called together Long, Mac-Nab, and Rae the blacksmith,
128 I, XXI | get fuel !” said Sergeant Long.~All agreed that it would
129 I, XXI | court. Two risks to be run !~Long, Mac-Nab, and Rae, all three
130 I, XXI | expose yourself. Let Sergeant Long go.”~Hobson could not but
131 I, XXI | to save their lives.~Two long ropes were got ready. The
132 I, XXI | extraordinary brilliancy. Sergeant Long rushed out without a moment’
133 I, XXI | behind which they waited. If Long did not return in a few
134 I, XXI | was so dark that all hoped Long’s movements would escape
135 I, XXI | rope round his waist. Poor Long had never reached the shed.
136 I, XXI | intense cold would last a long time yet, but what was to
137 I, XXII | nearly enough to produce a long twilight, during which objects
138 I, XXII | work could be done; and long excursions were out of the
139 I, XXII | in a kitchen garden.~The long days had now returned, and
140 I, XXII | excursions were neither long nor fatiguing : they never
141 I, XXII | whirlpools of snow, and its long nights, would again set
142 I, XXIII| course none but Sergeant Long could be appointed to the
143 I, XXIII| which the Lieutenant chose Long, and the Sergeant submitted
144 I, XXIII| state he had been in for so long seemed likely to result
145 I, XXIII| soothe him, and Sergeant Long and the others could not
146 I, XXIII| take place I And for how long? For four short minutes!
147 II, I | volcano some months before. As long as the northern winter continued,
148 II, I | were false, and that the long desired eclipse, his own
149 II, I | of the country.~Sergeant Long was about to follow the
150 II, I | Remain here, Sergeant Long.”~The subordinate officer
151 II, II | resolute men accustomed to long excursions in the Arctic
152 II, II | and the Lieutenant dwelt long on this point—that during
153 II, II | ordinary occupations. Sergeant Long informed his comrades that
154 II, II | Mrs Barnett and Sergeant Long.~It was indeed a most anxious
155 II, II | mainland,” said Sergeant Long.~“Seven hundred miles at
156 II, III | Mrs Barnett and Sergeant Long, and expected to be absent
157 II, III | days were just then very long, the sun only disappearing
158 II, III | supply us with food for a long time,” observed the Sergeant,”
159 II, III | will go, they can traverse long distances without fatigue,
160 II, III | come, Lieutenant,” said Long; “have patience, in another
161 II, III | Cape Bathurst,” replied Long.~“Ah, yes, you are right.
162 II, III | Mrs Barnett and Sergeant Long.~“Madam,” he said, addressing
163 II, III | Mrs Barnett, and Sergeant Long observed—~“It really seems
164 II, III | been connected for a very long time, perhaps for centuries.”~“
165 II, III | creation of man!”~“Well,” cried Long, “it really might have waited
166 II, III | have been spared!”~Sergeant Long’s most sensible remark closed
167 II, III | severe frost set in. Sergeant Long also saw a troop of wolves
168 II, III | horizon was shut in by a long slightly curved coast-line,
169 II, III | every century, explained the long resistance of the isthmus,
170 II, IV | recent landslips. Sergeant Long pointed to several small
171 II, IV | Mrs Barnett, Hobson, and Long, were anxious to finish
172 II, IV | and its oblique rays cast long shadows of themselves before
173 II, IV | conversed at intervals after long silent pauses, during which
174 II, IV | set.~“Lieutenant,” said Long, “if by some miracle a bell
175 II, IV | low fir tree, and Sergeant Long made ready the night quarters.~
176 II, IV | his discoveries, and found Long busy making arrangements
177 II, IV | more than five feet thick.~Long set to work. With the aid
178 II, IV | the short night.~Whilst Long was working away like a
179 II, IV | ravines on the surface before long; where, it would be impossible
180 II, IV | snow-house before he saw Sergeant Long clutching with both hands
181 II, IV | happened?”~“Nothing,” replied Long, shaking himself like a
182 II, IV | Barnett, pressing his hand.~Long’s explanation was correct;
183 II, IV | gulf of the ocean?~Sergeant Long, however, thought but little
184 II, IV | for them all; and Sergeant Long was obliged to submit.~The
185 II, IV | was blazing at the camp.~Long had now a fine opportunity
186 II, IV | breaking of the isthmus. Long, in obedience to the Lieutenant,
187 II, IV | commanding officer should not be long absent from the fort~All
188 II, V | the accident to Sergeant Long—in short, she made her fully
189 II, V | was supported by Sergeant Long. Perhaps, after all, they
190 II, V | right; they were both men of long experience, and knew the
191 II, V | approval, a plan he had long had at heart. At the corners
192 II, V | Mrs Barnett, Madge, and Long that he was convinced the
193 II, V | Polar seas one hundred miles long and fifty broad. Captain
194 II, V | gradually,” murmured Sergeant Long. “The ice is wearing away.”~“
195 II, V | Craventy’s detachment. The long hours of the Arctic night
196 II, VI | Unfortunately,” observed Long, “we can’t take our bearings
197 II, VI | north-east wind might blow for a long time and cause all manner
198 II, VI | it would probably last a long time yet. He announced these
199 II, VI | his joy at noticing some long weeds floating on the top
200 II, VI | Mrs Barnett and Sergeant Long of his discovery. He had
201 II, VI | plenty to amuse them in the long days of compulsory confinement.
202 II, VI | his companions. Sergeant Long was to accompany him.~About
203 II, VI | eventualities.~“Sergeant Long,” he began, “it is necessary
204 II, VI | with you, sir,” replied Long, “and the sooner we find
205 II, VI | want to come with us,” said Long, “and they must not know
206 II, VI | befall us”~“Yes,” replied Long, “we ought not to keep anything
207 II, VI | military salute Sergeant Long retired.~A few minutes later
208 II, VII | one was asleep, Hobson and Long crept cautiously across
209 II, VII | and thoughtful.~Hobson and Long made their way across the
210 II, VII | which would have taken him a long way round, and have brought
211 II, VII | the two pressed on. As long as they kept near the lake
212 II, VII | good beating,” answered Long.~“I am afraid that now and
213 II, VII | as grape-shot,” replied Long coolly, “and we have both
214 II, VII | where he stood. Presently Long, who was a few steps in
215 II, VII | evidently cracked for a long distance, and might at any
216 II, VII | lungs.~“Here, here!” roared Long in reply.~And creeping on
217 II, VII | course I do, sir,” replied Long, listening more attentively, “
218 II, VII | before half-past two A.M. Long suddenly exclaimed:~“I see
219 II, VII | on board ship,” replied Long.~“A ship at sea in this
220 II, VII | course neither Hobson nor Long had a torch, but above their
221 II, VII | Sergeant,” said Hobson.~Long at once struck his flint,
222 II, VII | was darkness.~Hobson and Long looked in vain for an answering
223 II, VII | from the sea.~Hobson and Long, wild with eager anxiety,
224 II, VIII | morning Hobson and Sergeant Long wandered about the coast.
225 II, VIII | Lieutenant,” said Sergeant Long, “what is to be done?’“~“
226 II, VIII | float away!~“Ah!” murmured Long, “that is the danger!”~Both
227 II, VIII | been heard; and after a long consultation every one came
228 II, VIII | Barnett, pointing to the long smooth tracts on which the
229 II, VIII | Lieutenant Hobson uneasy by too long an absence.~But some presentiment
230 II, VIII | the cry of which Sergeant Long and Lieutenant Hobson spoke.
231 II, VIII | from the head, and some long locks of brown hair were
232 II, VIII | Madge approached and looked long and fixedly at the inanimate
233 II, IX | season of the next year. The long Polar night being over,
234 II, IX | swallowed up by the ocean long ago.~At this part of her
235 II, IX | tribes accustomed to the long dark Polar nights—she felt
236 II, IX | the fire which Hobson and Long had seen when crouching
237 II, IX | fastened to the canoe, and, the long paddle in her hand, she
238 II, IX | the cry which Hobson and Long had heard.~But, alas! Kalumah
239 II, IX | waves.~She did not know how long this lasted, she remembered
240 II, IX | preserver.”~During this long conversation Kalumah was
241 II, IX | she had already been too long away. The young girl immediately
242 II, X | Madge, Kalumah, Hobson, and Long.~The poor quadrupeds were
243 II, X | Madge, Kalumah, and Sergeant Long received this fresh blow
244 II, X | is my opinion also,” said Long.~Hobson had thought the
245 II, X | Lieutenant. The secret he had so long carefully kept was now about
246 II, X | situation. To use Sergeant Long’s expression, the island
247 II, X | bridge six hundred miles long from their desolate home
248 II, X | restore the colonists, so long lost in the hyperborean
249 II, X | Mrs Barnett and Sergeant Long, “we would all rather make
250 II, X | Heaven be done!”~Sergeant Long, anxious to turn the Lieutenant
251 II, X | Pole,” repeated Sergeant Long again and again, “but it
252 II, X | October the Lieutenant and Long made many excursions to
253 II, X | very tiring.~Hobson and Long managed with great difficulty
254 II, X | its snow, but without the long desired cold.~On the 11th
255 II, X | appear above the horizon. The long Polar night was beginning
256 II, X | months would scarcely be long enough for them all to get
257 II, X | I think it is,” said Long, “and the ice gets thicker
258 II, X | then.”~“Very well,” said Long, “we will get ready without
259 II, X | them?”~“At once. Sergeant Long,” he added, turning to his
260 II, X | communication.”~Sergeant Long touched his cap, and turning
261 II, XII | for Marbre had guessed it long ago. The filling of the
262 II, XII | circumstances. Sergeant Long superintended the works,
263 II, XII | has been noticed that two long bitter winters seldom succeed
264 II, XII | circumstances. Sergeant Long superintended the works,
265 II, XII | has been noticed that two long bitter winters seldom succeed
266 II, XII | and Mrs Barnett drew a long breath of relief as she
267 II, XII | the activity of which too long a rest had, to some extent,
268 II, XII | in a condition to make a long march.~The sledges were
269 II, XIII | incident; but during the long vigil which he kept, Hobson
270 II, XIII | but probably many miles long.~For two whole hours the
271 II, XIII | the wrong side.~Hobson and Long, however, proceeded for
272 II, XIII | must pass somehow,” said Long, “for we can’t stay where
273 II, XIII | for hundred of miles, as long as this uncertain and most
274 II, XIII | the encampment, to which Long had already returned, in
275 II, XIII | American coast”~“Well,” said Long, “if one man could cross,
276 II, XIII | cried Mrs Barnett and Long in one breath.~These two
277 II, XIII | you are right,” replied Long; “let us remain together,
278 II, XIV | west winds it never lasted long.~Thus passed the whole of
279 II, XIV | and very tedious did the long dark hours appear.~Some
280 II, XIV | light of the moon revealed a long circular line of icebergs
281 II, XIV | himself at a different hole.~A long time of waiting ensued—no
282 II, XIV | bubble, and a head with long tusks appeared. It was that
283 II, XIV | into the enceinte?” said Long, who had his doubts as to
284 II, XIV | their guns, and Sergeant Long began to fear he had let
285 II, XIV | the commencement of the long Polar night.~
286 II, XV | were, however, still very long, and, as is often the case
287 II, XV | Hobson now decided to make a long excursion to the south to
288 II, XV | the time fixed, but not long enough to cause any serious
289 II, XV | there, but they were not long left in doubt.~At about
290 II, XV | soon joined by Sergeant Long and others, amongst them
291 II, XV | his little wife, who had long ago resigned herself to
292 II, XV | Barnett, Kalumah, and Sergeant Long, had climbed to the summit
293 II, XV | spot in which it had so long been imprisoned, and its
294 II, XVII | terrible anxiety they had so long endured, was restored. The
295 II, XVII | end,” observed Sergeant Long to Mrs Barnett, “and that
296 II, XVII | accompanied only by Sergeant Long.~Mrs Barnett, Madge, and
297 II, XVII | to pass yet.~Hobson and Long remained on the ice-field
298 II, XVII | of icebergs,” exclaimed Long, “what can be going on there?”~
299 II, XVII | wake the dead.~Hobson and Long crossed the two miles between
300 II, XVIII| soon as possible.~All night long the party worked at the
301 II, XVIII| therefore have to be lined. Long pieces of wood were prepared
302 II, XVIII| frequently sounding with a long pick, but as it met with
303 II, XVIII| Are drowned!” cried Long.~“Yes, Sergeant, drowned
304 II, XIX | they might never reach. Long, long before they got so
305 II, XIX | might never reach. Long, long before they got so far,
306 II, XIX | Hobson, Mrs Barnett, Sergeant Long, and the head carpenter
307 II, XX | Could the island last so long? Might it not burst open
308 II, XX | Eight days!” repeated Long, shaking his head; “eight
309 II, XX | his head; “eight days is a long time.”~“I must add,” continued
310 II, XX | were hurrying.~She mused long upon this melancholy subject,
311 II, XX | longer.~He consulted Sergeant Long, Mac-Nab, Rae, Marbre, and
312 II, XXI | intended for the boat had long been ready. The whole structure
313 II, XXII | us,” whispered Hobson in Long’s ear, “it is more likely
314 II, XXIII| explain its having lasted so long. A layer of earth and plenty
315 II, XXIII| considerable thickness. The long bitter Polar winters must
316 II, XXIII| at the edges, for as the long waves licked the sides,
317 II, XXIII| cries brought Hobson and Long to her assistance, and they
318 II, XXIII| wreck.~Sometimes Sergeant Long rose and peered into the
319 II, XXIII| still beyond their reach.~Long, too, saw the changes which
320 II, XXIII| sail?”~“I think,” replied Long, after a moment’s reflection, “
321 II, XXIII| not opened his lips for so long, and who had long since
322 II, XXIII| for so long, and who had long since appeared dead to all
323 II, XXIII| He is mad!” exclaimed Long.~“To the pumps!” repeated
324 II, XXIV | for the lady who had so long been his friend and counsellor,
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