Part, Chapter
1 I, I | Fort Resolution, of the Great Slave Lake district, and
2 I, I | pots, not to speak of a great bowl of punch which was
3 I, I | the northern shores of the Great Bear Lake, and to found
4 I, I | woman’s advice is no such great thing, but he must be a
5 I, I | proof of the qualities of a great traveller. She had been
6 I, II | establish it.”~“That is a great responsibility for Lieutenant
7 I, II | trade is therefore of very great antiquity. Luxury in dress
8 I, II | were enacted to control too great extravagance, especially
9 I, II | skins is rising just when a great demand exists for furs.
10 I, II | interest the statesmen of Great Britain. In a word, the
11 I, III | astronomy, he had rendered great services to the science
12 I, III | that no price would be too great to pay for it. A fresh opportunity
13 I, III | why he had been in such a great hurry to arrive, when the
14 I, IV | parallel is that called the Great Slave Lake; it is two hundred
15 I, IV | waters of Hudson’s Bay.~The Great Slave Lake is dotted with
16 I, IV | go further north than the Great Slave Lake.~The trees on
17 I, IV | this remote district. The Great Slave Lake is not really
18 I, IV | men had been chosen with great care; none were too stout
19 I, IV | had already struck up a great friendship with the brisk
20 I, IV | the Company showed what great importance they attached
21 I, V | Slave Lake and that of the Great Bear beyond the Arctic Circle,
22 I, VI | convoys of furs from the Great Bear Lake, some three hundred
23 I, VI | if your enthusiasm is so great when you see this scenery
24 I, VI | Barnett and Madge took a great interest in the chase, whilst
25 I, VI | United States imported a great many; but clearings were
26 I, VII | the north-west; but the great inequalities of the ground
27 I, VII | the further side of the Great Bear Lake, where he hoped
28 I, VII | should in the end solve the great scientific problem. I should,
29 I, VII | smile, “the solution of this great problem is still far distant.
30 I, VII | cross it without any very great difficulty.”~“That I fear
31 I, VII | storm. I wish we were at the Great Bear Lake !”~“Do not let
32 I, VII | plains stretching between the Great Slave Lake and Fort Enterprise.~
33 I, VII | was even more terrible. So great was the fury of the hurricane
34 I, VII | their solidity. However, no great crash occurred, the huge
35 I, VIII | CHAPTER VIII.~ THE GREAT BEAR LAKE.~This sudden increase
36 I, VIII | northern extremity of the Great Bear Lake. These few cold
37 I, VIII | especially from the former. The Great Bear Lake is quite a Mediterranean
38 I, VIII | beating the shores of the Great Bear Lake~“Yes, Lieutenant,”
39 I, VIII | those which frequent the Great Bear Lake are worth from £
40 I, VIII | north-west angle of the Great Bear Lake. Before ten o’
41 I, VIII | the district between the Great Bear Lake and Cape Bathurst
42 I, IX | and the storms on the Great Bear Lake are often terrible.
43 I, IX | had disappeared, and so great was the obscurity that at
44 I, IX | little bark. This was the great danger of shifting with
45 I, X | postern gate of the fort. Great was the joy on seeing them,
46 I, X | taking some Indians with him. Great hardships were endured in
47 I, X | This expedition endured great fatigue and hardships; provisions
48 I, X | and he gave proof of his great qualities in starting on
49 I, XI | There the sea, open for a great part of the year, will allow
50 I, XI | Company, naturally took a great interest in the success
51 I, XI | and all understood how great a disappointment it involved
52 I, XII | and giving access to the great highway of Behring Strait,
53 I, XII | ascertained the longitude with great accuracy. But it was about
54 I, XIII | adorned the roof, to the great satisfaction of Mrs Paulina
55 I, XIII | lake and river, and found great reason to be satisfied with
56 I, XIV | committed along the coast at no great distance from Fort Hope,
57 I, XIV | expeditions were continued with great success, and the store of
58 I, XIV | themselves to be caught in great numbers. They belong to
59 I, XIV | first frost should drive great numbers of these fearful
60 I, XIV | issues at night and creates great havoc amongst beavers, musk-rats,
61 I, XIV | chief characteristics are great cunning, immense muscular
62 I, XIV | poplar which grows to a great height and shoots forth
63 I, XIV | Mrs Joliffe, who took a great interest in “ economic “
64 I, XV | enclosure with detached forts (a great improvement upon the tactics
65 I, XV | them in silence, but with great attention, before he proceeded
66 I, XV | the Sergeant; “but it is a great puzzle to me how volcanoes
67 I, XV | are the chimneys of the great furnace in the centre of
68 I, XV | fur-kept guard over the herd.~Great caution was required in
69 I, XV | indeed their strength is so great, that they have been known
70 I, XVI | Barnett’s attention to the great ingenuity displayed by beavers
71 I, XVI | twenty of which were of very great value, their fur being black,
72 I, XVI | extreme rapidity, and a great number were easily unearthed.~
73 I, XVI | an odour, fell victims in great numbers to the hunters,
74 I, XVI | so-called, were hunted with great zeal. Their fur is in considerable
75 I, XVI | smallest apertures with great ease, and thus elude their
76 I, XVI | but whitish-brown; its great price-six times that of
77 I, XVI | hiding behind some rocks.~Great caution and some artifice
78 I, XVI | his fellow-hunters by the great American writer; a blanket
79 I, XVII | winter garments before the great cold set in, and all were
80 I, XVII | fatigue or suffering too great to be endured for the sake
81 I, XVII | passed over the fort in great numbers, and supplied fresh
82 I, XVII | and beaks, also passed in great numbers, but neither Marbre
83 I, XVII | plumage, and down, are all of great value, and they are therefore
84 I, XVII | out of the house were in great danger of being frost-bitten,
85 I, XVIII| possible to endure it, although great care was necessary to escape
86 I, XVIII| temperature is discussed. Great cold has besides been experienced
87 I, XVIII| at Fort Reliance, on the Great Slave Lake?”~“Yes, madam,”
88 I, XIX | The absence of wind made a great difference, and Hobson having
89 I, XIX | considerable length of time a great many years ago. Probably
90 I, XIX | advancing farther south than the Great Slave Lake.~On the morning
91 I, XIX | she seemed to have taken a great fancy to Mrs Barnett. But
92 I, XIX | Esquimaux, are constructed with great rapidity, and are admirably
93 I, XIX | bunting. It is considered a great treat to drink the warm
94 I, XIX | aloud, Kalumah listened with great attention, although she
95 I, XX | for the new settlement. A great number of furred animals
96 I, XX | movements were watched with great interest.~On the 25th December
97 I, XX | symptom we must notice was the great thirst from which every
98 I, XX | beginning of that in which the great eclipse was to take place.
99 I, XX | it was evident that some great convulsion was going on
100 I, XX | to keep up the fires, and great was the dismay of the Lieutenant
101 I, XXI | one of them would lay his great head against the window-pane
102 I, XXI | distinctly heard. Their great claws caught in the laths
103 I, XXI | clock in the afternoon a great noise was heard on the top
104 I, XXI | together, they could not resist great pressure for any length
105 I, XXII | factory, and make for the Great Slave Lake, taking with
106 I, XXIII| astronomer began to have a great dread lest the eclipse should
107 I, XXIII| reassure him. In spite of the great rigour of the winter, his
108 I, XXIII| queen of the night and the great orb of day should be wrapped
109 I, XXIII| of the moon.”~At last the great day-the 18th July-dawned.
110 II, I | opportunity of making a great many interesting observations.
111 II, II | stationary, and that at a great distance from any land.
112 II, II | southern factory before the great cold set in, that the astronomer
113 II, III | approach, but not with any great appearance of haste or terror.
114 II, IV | although they could not see any great distance on the north. The
115 II, IV | proportion.~This was the great danger.~As we have just
116 II, IV | wouldn’t it, madam?”~“A very great pity, my brave fellow,”
117 II, V | and the shock would not be great if they heard of it now,
118 II, V | the water was, and to my great surprise, I can tell you,
119 II, VIII | shores of the island. With a great exertion of strength he
120 II, VIII | off he paused, shook his great head, and turning round
121 II, IX | a few minutes longer.~A great hope kept her from despair,
122 II, X | the lady, listening with great interest to her account
123 II, X | September for the shores of the Great Bear and Slave Lakes, a
124 II, X | us! Is it not taking too great a responsibility to keep
125 II, X | its meaning.~To Hobson’s great satisfaction, however, the
126 II, X | seventy-second parallels is not great enough to affect the mean
127 II, X | Hobson and Long managed with great difficulty to scramble over
128 II, XII | experience, might possibly be of great use to the Lieutenant. Unless
129 II, XII | it will only be with very great difficulty.”~“But,” resumed
130 II, XII | Let me remind you of the great severity of last cold season;
131 II, XII | experience, might possibly be of great use to the Lieutenant. Unless
132 II, XII | it will only be with very great difficulty.”~“But,” resumed
133 II, XII | Let me remind you of the great severity of last cold season;
134 II, XIII | journey had not been very great, for the ground of the island
135 II, XIII | miles towards the east, so great were the difficulties met
136 II, XIII | not been subjected to any great pressure. It was clear that
137 II, XIII | in their interests and at great risk to himself. It was
138 II, XIII | run a risk, after enduring great fatigues, of finding it
139 II, XIV | reindeer to their stable.~Great was the despair of Thomas
140 II, XIV | community.~Kalumah had become a great favourite with everybody,
141 II, XIV | with hatchets.~It was a great success, and the colonists
142 II, XIV | taken ill—severe headache, great thirst and alternations
143 II, XIV | his friends, were in very great trouble. No one knew what
144 II, XIV | was required to combat the great internal inflammation, which
145 II, XIV | pronounced out of danger.~Great was the joy in the factory.
146 II, XIV | last came and leant his great head against one of the
147 II, XV | deviation of their needles is so great as entirely to mislead travellers.”~“
148 II, XV | they were above the ground.~Great were the sufferings of Corporal
149 II, XV | Bathurst, and saw that a great change had taken place in
150 II, XV | proceeded rapidly and with a great noise, and the ice field
151 II, XV | disappointment was very great. Nature really seemed determined
152 II, XVIII| icebergs. But the whole mass—a great part of its volume being
153 II, XVIII| floors must have offered great resistance; moreover, the
154 II, XVIII| that we may be spared the great grief of losing our friends!”~
155 II, XVIII| to be broken up. Some of great size were melted with the
156 II, XVIII| shortest possible time.~But so great was the accumulation, that
157 II, XVIII| however, really of quite so great a height as before, and
158 II, XVIII| in the night had been so great that Mac-Nab prepared to
159 II, XVIII| twenty feet of ice; but great difficulty would be experienced
160 II, XVIII| proceeded without any very great difficulty, but the ice
161 II, XVIII| gratitude to Heaven for the great mercy vouchsafed, which
162 II, XIX | ice-wall, had then drifted at a great speed into Behring Sea,
163 II, XIX | oxygen, and charged with a great excess of carbonic acid....
164 II, XIX | current is carrying us with great rapidity out into the offing,
165 II, XIX | from blue to green, as the great navigator Hudson observed
166 II, XIX | although it was advancing at great speed; for this speed must
167 II, XIX | had been brought by the great ocean currents from warm
168 II, XX | were taken everyday, but great caution was necessary, as
169 II, XX | been everywhere perforated.~Great havoc was caused amongst
170 II, XX | had therefore advanced at great speed, having drifted nearly
171 II, XX | two months before.~This great speed made the Lieutenant
172 II, XX | and Sabine, in whom he had great confidence, and all agreed
173 II, XX | consequence of their very great draught of water—their volume
174 II, XXII | to congregate about it.~A great many of the animals had,
175 II, XXIII| The bear, looking like a great white snowball, cowered
176 II, XXIV | bid her good-bye without great emotion.~“Can it be that
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