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1 I, I | each corner of the room. Two lamps suspended by chains,
2 I, I | to look through them; but two or three pieces of red bunting,
3 I, I | wood cut with the axe, and two tables with clumsy legs,
4 I, I | world were come.~But, with two exceptions, Captain Craventy’
5 I, I | the midst of the tempest. Two only of the assembled company
6 I, I | society of the neighbourhood, two women, whom we shall introduce
7 I, I | and Mrs Joliffe, and the two foreign women already alluded
8 I, I | powerful organisation? The two types of fabulous mythology,
9 I, I | heads, well represent the two kinds of armies; and in
10 I, I | to say a few words of the two foreign women already alluded
11 I, I | and strongly built. The two were on the most intimate
12 I, II | amalgamated with it, the two receiving the common title
13 I, IV | Great Slave Lake; it is two hundred and fifty miles
14 I, IV | as himself. How eager the two were to cross the Arctic
15 I, IV | Hobson, were one chief and two subordinate officers, with
16 I, IV | intelligent dogs, yoked two and two, and controlled
17 I, IV | intelligent dogs, yoked two and two, and controlled by the long
18 I, IV | walking. Pine-wood snow-shoes, two or three feet long, capable
19 I, IV | stove; a smelting furnace, two airpumps for ventilation,
20 I, V | Fort Enterprise, a station two hundred miles further to
21 I, V | as a collision between two sledges going at full speed,
22 I, V | exchanged a few sentences. These two intrepid women, in their
23 I, VI | CHAPTER VI.~ A WAPITI DUEL.~Two hundred miles had been traversed
24 I, VI | it and rested there for two days.~The gentle influence
25 I, VI | shown his wisdom in choosing two such intelligent men to
26 I, VI | for more than an hour or two at a time, and were obliged
27 I, VI | fortunate enough to kill two of the large American ruminants,
28 I, VI | ass, and proving that the two hunters were riot mistaken.~
29 I, VI | when, with the exception of two, the wapitis suddenly ceased
30 I, VI | Whatever the cause, all but two fine creatures fled a towards
31 I, VI | up.~Meanwhile, however, two magnificent specimens remained
32 I, VI | without a moment’s pause. Like two wrestlers struggling for
33 I, VI | combat the antlers of the two creatures had become entangled
34 I, VI | easy prey to wild beasts.~Two bullets put an end to the
35 I, VII | mostly tributaries of the two large rivers, the Mackenzie
36 I, VII | are formed between these two principal arteries; and
37 I, VII | already passed through the two Torrid Zones in your previous
38 I, VII | large enough to contain two or three persons each. The
39 I, VII | snow houses, in groups of two or three, each choosing
40 I, VIII | shape is very irregular : two promontories jut into it
41 I, VIII | the “ right paw,” at least two hundred miles from Coronation
42 I, VIII | party, decided on remaining two or three days at Fort Confidence.
43 I, VIII | passed. Mrs Barnett, Hobson, two or three soldiers, Madge,
44 I, VIII | the trees strutted ospreys two feet high-a kind of hawk
45 I, VIII | the Company’s service.~The two travellers were accompanied
46 I, VIII | Lieutenant landed at once. Two or three Indians, with their
47 I, IX | the atmosphere itself. The two travellers sat still and
48 I, IX | they were still only about two hours’ distance from the
49 I, IX | other. Now and then the two travellers looked inquiringly
50 I, IX | rocking on the waves, the two started to their feet and
51 I, IX | rising on the waves; and the two set to work to bale out
52 I, IX | fog. They could not see two yards before them, and the
53 I, X | sprung up between these two. Mrs Paulina Barnett was
54 I, X | in question. In that year two intrepid explorers, William
55 I, X | often completely failed, and two Canadians were assassinated
56 I, X | met his fate? Was it not two of us, Dease and Simpson,
57 I, X | The true night only lasted two hours, and the dawn succeeded
58 I, X | favour the travellers.~For two days they kept along the
59 I, XI | Lieutenant Hobson only urged two things upon his companions
60 I, XI | 59° Fahrenheit above zero. Two or three times sudden snowstorms
61 I, XI | comprising an extent of more than two hundred and fifty miles,
62 I, XII | extent of territory, scarcely two square miles-in fact it
63 I, XII | facilitate the work of the two observers.~Already the night
64 I, XII | culminating-point of its course, and the two observers pointed the telescopes
65 I, XIII | The carpenter was to build two chimneys-one above the kitchen,
66 I, XIII | represented the architraves of the two fronts, rested the high
67 I, XIII | door and windows in the two fronts were roughly but
68 I, XIV | A few movable seats and two enormous presses completed
69 I, XIV | into six dormitories, the two end ones alone being lighted
70 I, XIV | equal. Day after day the two sallied forth together rod
71 I, XIV | dwarf birch, a shrub about two feet high, native to very
72 I, XIV | botany, only met with .two plants which were available
73 I, XV | clock in the morning in two sledges, each drawn by six
74 I, XV | as Parry, Franklin, the two Rosses, M’Clure, and M’Clintock,
75 I, XV | replied the Lieutenant, “two conclusions are open to
76 I, XV | Tall cliffs, rising some two hundred feet above the sea,
77 I, XV | behind them seemed to possess two entirely distinct characters;
78 I, XV | distance, and if we were to go two or three miles farther,
79 I, XVI | CHAPTER XVI.~ TWO SHOTS.~The first half of
80 I, XVI | stick, clay, roots, &c., are two feet thick., They can only
81 I, XVI | protection. Each lodge contains two stories; in the lower the
82 I, XVI | morning of the 24th September, two sledges conveyed Mrs Barnett,
83 I, XVI | the hunters divided into two parties-Marbre and Sabine
84 I, XVII | successfully to contend with their two most formidable enemies,
85 I, XVII | yards of ice looked like two, and many were the falls
86 I, XVII | not to appear again for two months. The Polar night
87 I, XVIII| had partly protected the two buildings, and the snow
88 I, XIX | fur in! Come along.”~The two hunters were armed. They
89 I, XIX | a pile of white fur with two glittering eyes. The sides
90 I, XIX | circumstances the capture was easy. Two balls carefully aimed put
91 I, XIX | get it out of the pit. The two hunters returned to the
92 I, XIX | winter clothing, but only two or three foxes. These cunning
93 I, XIX | them-four full-grown, and two children. Although very
94 I, XIX | distinguish sexes. There were two men, about forty or fifty
95 I, XIX | of carnivorous animals; two women, still young whose
96 I, XIX | claws of Polar bears; and two children, about five or
97 I, XIX | the hunting grounds. The two men were her brothers; the
98 I, XIX | the men, and mother of the two children. They were all
99 I, XIX | Cape Bathurst. Indeed the two men shook their heads when
100 I, XIX | minutes!-five centuries! The two children and their mother
101 I, XX | board, on which figured two huge Christmas puddings.~
102 I, XX | furnace and stove for another two or three days,” replied
103 I, XXI | desperate measure for a day or two, as it was desirable to
104 I, XXI | the Sergeant, Mac-Nab, and two or three soldiers seized
105 I, XXI | each other in parties of two or three, for none could
106 I, XXI | cried Hobson. “My friends, two courses only are open to
107 I, XXI | clever plan, certainly; but two things might defeat it.
108 I, XXI | and prowl about the court. Two risks to be run !~Long,
109 I, XXI | Sergeant reminded the other two that they were married,
110 I, XXI | made to save their lives.~Two long ropes were got ready.
111 I, XXI | narrow space between the two doors, waiting for the signal
112 I, XXI | eyes to the fact that in two days this fresh supply of
113 I, XXI | There they are!” cried two or three soldiers, hastily
114 I, XXII | merely required dressing.~Two miserable days ensued, during
115 I, XXII | distinctly seen to a distance of two miles; and Hobson’s first
116 I, XXII | companion’s decision. The two had become sincerely attached
117 I, XXII | never went further than two miles from Cape Bathurst,
118 I, XXII | rapidly passing away. Another two months and the Arctic winter,
119 I, XXIII| eleven the discs of the two luminaries ought to be exactly
120 II, I | mainland—had been snapped in two by a subterranean convulsion
121 II, I | Madge, Thomas Black, and the two officers.~Since the eclipse
122 II, I | northern shores the tide rose two feet beyond low-water mark,
123 II, II | before and after noon, and two hour angles must be measured.~
124 II, II | angles must be measured.~At two o’clock P.M. Hobson and
125 II, II | be able to infer from the two altitudes obtained the exact
126 II, II | explained to his companions.~Two dangers threatened the island
127 II, II | coast of North America, only two.~It would be drawn by the
128 II, II | Bathurst and Behring Strait.~Two principal currents divide
129 II, II | discovery—at least only two have been hitherto noticed
130 II, II | readily understand why. Two currents, both dangerous
131 II, II | forbade them to go more than two miles from the fort, not
132 II, II | We are actually more than two hundred and fifty miles
133 II, II | may be taken during the two months in which the sea
134 II, III | expected to be absent a day or two. The little party took some
135 II, III | the Lieutenant and his two companions left the fort
136 II, III | have patience, in another two months the waves will no
137 II, III | maps of the Polar regions.”~Two hours’ rest were all the
138 II, V | promontory of western Alaska, and two hundred miles from the American
139 II, V | abutting on the lake he built two little pointed sentry-boxes,
140 II, V | well that Walruses’ Bay was two hundred miles away, and
141 II, VI | but you will not go alone. Two of us ought to go, that
142 II, VII | suppose you are away more than two days?”~“Then we shall not
143 II, VII | faded and gave place to the two hours of real darkness.~
144 II, VII | and stooping heads, the two pressed on. As long as they
145 II, VII | with their backs bent like two old crippled peasants, they
146 II, VII | spray, although the sea was two or three miles distant at
147 II, VII | But through it all the two men, upheld by the consciousness
148 II, VII | horizon been visible the two adventurers would have been
149 II, VII | took our bearings we were two hundred miles from the coast,
150 II, VII | put my trust in Him!”~The two talked on in broken sentences,
151 II, VII | out.~The anxiety of the two explorers will readily be
152 II, VII | little before half-past two A.M. Long suddenly exclaimed:~“
153 II, VIII | might have separated into two parts in the storm. The
154 II, VIII | south-east wind swept over them.~Two miles beyond this desolated
155 II, VIII | and Madge were told of the two chief events of the exploration:
156 II, VIII | he took the latitude, and two hours later a calculation
157 II, VIII | would either stop where the two currents met, and there
158 II, VIII | day the white carpet was two inches thick. Winter was
159 II, VIII | after the earthquake; and two women might, without danger,
160 II, VIII | Barnett as strange that the two enthusiastic hunters—Marbre
161 II, VIII | strange indifference of the two hunters.~Whilst walking
162 II, VIII | confidence. “We have already had two falls of snow. Ice is [begininng]
163 II, VIII | it.”~By nine o’clock the two women had walked four miles.
164 II, VIII | Esquimaux, but at least two miles inland, for they had
165 II, VIII | Cape Esquimaux. And the two carefully traced them, but
166 II, VIII | immense Polar bear, and the two women watched it with beating
167 II, VIII | had not yet perceived the two women who were so anxiously
168 II, VIII | and, to the horror of the two women, seized it by the
169 II, IX | on the floating island, two hundred miles from the American
170 II, IX | managed to reach the island, two hundred miles from the mainland?
171 II, IX | The anxious care of the two women soon revived Kalumah,
172 II, IX | latter was then not more than two hundred miles from the coast.~
173 II, IX | of vast bulk was passing two miles from the coast, and
174 II, IX | wished to reach, were but two distant masses on the horizon.~
175 II, IX | rapid pace, taking it out two hundred miles in thirty-six
176 II, IX | dawn—that is to say, about two or three o’clock in the
177 II, IX | morning. We know that the two women found the footprints
178 II, X | remained motionless between the two contrary currents, which
179 II, X | was assured. We are but two hundred miles from the coast
180 II, X | The large eddy between the two currents kept it stationary.
181 II, X | suffice to make the ice-crust two or three inches thick, strong
182 II, X | temperature remained about one or two degrees above freezing point
183 II, X | Fort Hope was now about two degrees farther north than
184 II, X | scramble over a mile or two towards the south, but at
185 II, XII | had been drifted more than two hundred miles away from
186 II, XII | works, whilst Hobson, the two hunters, and Mrs Barnett,
187 II, XII | it has been noticed that two long bitter winters seldom
188 II, XII | had been drifted more than two hundred miles away from
189 II, XII | works, whilst Hobson, the two hunters, and Mrs Barnett,
190 II, XII | it has been noticed that two long bitter winters seldom
191 II, XII | some twenty paces from the two watchers, and, either not
192 II, XII | repaired and strengthened.~Two large waggon sledges were
193 II, XII | pedestrians. Hobson and his two men underwent the greatest
194 II, XII | shut up in Fort Hope for two days.~
195 II, XIII | probably many miles long.~For two whole hours the party skirted
196 II, XIII | Long in one breath.~These two exclamations showed Hobson
197 II, XIV | Some Auroræ Borealis and two or three lunar halos appeared
198 II, XIV | Mrs Barnett, Kalumah, and two or three soldiers, the hunters
199 II, XIV | and administered one or two drops to the little invalid
200 II, XIV | the globes of his eyes. Two days later his skin assumed
201 II, XIV | ground to the height of two feet.~On the 27th a somewhat
202 II, XIV | The bear was now about two hundred paces off, and was
203 II, XV | opinion.” “We shall still have two months to wait then?”~“Yes,
204 II, XV | months to wait then?”~“Yes, two months, for it would not
205 II, XV | which is not more than two hundred miles wide.”~“What
206 II, XV | In some parts it was not two miles distant, and it advanced
207 II, XV | falling of a huge block, at two o’clock, at the entrance
208 II, XV | hurt by the splinters.~From two to five o’clock the explorers
209 II, XV | not gone more than about two miles in the valley, but
210 II, XV | sunset, as they had only two or three miles of the island
211 II, XV | before noon, and it was past two when they reached the opening
212 II, XV | THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE~Two hours later all had returned
213 II, XV | the middle, and now formed two separate masses, the larger
214 II, XV | see each other when only two or three paces apart.~Every
215 II, XVII | was nine o’clock when the two explorers left the fort
216 II, XVII | followed the beach for about two miles, and found the ice-field
217 II, XVII | boat on the sea!”~And the two ran as fast as ever they
218 II, XVII | Hobson and Long crossed the two miles between them and Fort
219 II, XVII | which, when he left, was two or three miles off in the
220 II, XVIII| towered amongst the ruins two hundred feet above the island.
221 II, XVIII| finish his sentence, and the two resumed their work with
222 II, XIX | seemed likely to resist, and two blocks of ice abutting from
223 II, XIX | This mode of proceeding had two advantages:—~1. The carpenter
224 II, XX | the Aleutian Islands, and two hundred miles from the nearest
225 II, XX | it free in Behring Strait two months before.~This great
226 II, XX | islands; they are not now two hundred miles from us, and
227 II, XXI | which they had lived nearly two years; every inch of the
228 II, XXI | square, and its deck rose two feet above the water. Its
229 II, XXII | cannot be described. Until two o’clock in the afternoon
230 II, XXII | the islet.~At half-past two it luffed slightly, and
231 II, XXIII| saved was a few planks, and two or three of the timbers
232 II, XXIII| head in assent, and the two returned to their old position
233 II, XXIII| the remaining combustibles—two or three planks and a beam.
234 II, XXIII| as follows:—~There were two reasons for the relegation:—
235 II, XXIV | missing, and he had even two new members in his little
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