Part, Chapter
1 I, I | with terrific fury. The house was shaken to its foundations,
2 I, III | gate, and returned to the house at his ordinary pace, that
3 I, III | about to carry it into the house, when the Captain inquired~“
4 I, III | made his entrance into the house of the fort, and was taken
5 I, IV | called, consisted of a wooden house with a ground-floor and
6 I, IV | were made, surrounded this house. A little chapel, which
7 I, VI | fort consisted of a wooden house surrounded by palisades.
8 I, VIII | south. It consisted of a house for the officers, barracks
9 I, VIII | best room in the largest house was of course given to Mrs
10 I, XII | actual cape, the principal house and the magazines would
11 I, XIII | construction of the principal house at once. Meanwhile all must
12 I, XIII | hoped to have the principal house ready in a month. It was
13 I, XIII | the site of the principal house on the plateau at the foot
14 I, XIII | out the outer walls of the house with the line. This outline
15 I, XIII | smaller. The façade of the house would therefore have a length
16 I, XIII | middle, of the back of the house, for the sake of warmth.
17 I, XIII | four compartments in the house: the first to be an antechamber
18 I, XIII | constructed, the principal house would be reserved to the
19 I, XIII | have seen that the future house was to consist merely of
20 I, XIII | were covered with it, the house would be, so to speak, hermetically
21 I, XIII | certainly be poor; but the house would be as comfortable
22 I, XIII | actual construction of this house, as yet existing only in
23 I, XIII | the gales. Meanwhile the house was being quickly fitted
24 I, XIII | take possession of the new house.~While Mac-Nab and his men
25 I, XIII | about fifty yards from the house, and entrusted to the care
26 I, XIV | provide for the heating of the house.~Knowing that the most energetic
27 I, XIV | possibility of leaving the house to forage for supplies,
28 I, XIV | under his directions, the house was provided with a condensing
29 I, XIV | as soon as the principal house was finished, Hobson set
30 I, XIV | yards to the right of the house. Barracks for the accommodation
31 I, XVI | huge wooden shed behind the house was filled with fuel. In
32 I, XVII | rooms at 50° Fahrenheit. The house would soon be covered with
33 I, XVII | be cleared away round the house every day, whilst a lane
34 I, XVII | who ventured out of the house were in great danger of
35 I, XVIII| humidity penetrated into the house, and the condensers, which
36 I, XVIII| of the wind between the house and the cliff never ceased
37 I, XVIII| ceased for a moment, the house trembled to its foundations,
38 I, XVIII| commencement of the tempest, house, kennel, shed, and enceinte
39 I, XVIII| regions, &c., &c. Then the house had to be kept in order,
40 I, XVIII| now been confined to the house for three days, and the
41 I, XVIII| intended to be used when the house was buried in snow. It was
42 I, XVIII| violence on the front of the house, one of the windows at the
43 I, XVIII| enceinte, and the whole of the house even to the roof were completely
44 I, XVIII| renew the atmosphere of the house, and all unhealthy vapours
45 I, XVIII| filled up. The roof of the house alone appeared above the
46 I, XVIII| the poor animals. The dog house and stable being lower than
47 I, XVIII| stable being lower than the house were probably entirely covered,
48 I, XVIII| the northern corner of the house with the cliff, had partly
49 I, XVIII| so all returned to the house, the window, was closed,
50 I, XVIII| in all the corners of the house of the moisture in the atmosphere.
51 I, XIX | native woman, seeing the house, of the existence of which
52 I, XIX | had no idea, exclaimed—~“House! snow-house!”~She asked
53 I, XIX | question enough, for the house was all but hidden beneath
54 I, XX | several.~But unless the house itself were burning, there
55 I, XX | but the temperature in the house could not be maintained
56 I, XX | one dreamt of leaving the house. The animals were well provided
57 I, XX | wooden shed close to the house, and to make no direct communication
58 I, XXI | were advancing upon the house.~On hearing of the approach
59 I, XXI | unprotected opening in the house, and when it was secured
60 I, XXI | loopholes in the walls of the house, and fire at them. But it
61 I, XXI | came, prowling round the house, but attempting no direct
62 I, XXI | walls, and everything in the house to feed our stoves for a
63 I, XXI | left, behind, the principal house. It was decided that one
64 I, XXI | and forwards between the house and the shed without much
65 I, XXI | shed, or unloaded at the house.~A very clever plan, certainly;
66 I, XXI | there is to burn in the house, and leave th]“No, my friends,
67 I, XXI | there is to burn in the house, and leave the rest to God !”~
68 I, XXI | heard on the top of the house.~“There they are!” cried
69 I, XXI | acrid smoke filled the house; the pipes were broken,
70 I, XXI | saw that he must leave the house if he wished to escape suffocation,
71 I, XXI | suffocation, but to leave the house would be to perish with
72 I, XXI | violently agitated, and the house rocked as if it were being
73 I, XXII | upheaval, which made the house lean over towards the lake,
74 I, XXII | firm and motionless.~The house, although damaged, was still
75 I, XXII | Joliffe, on leaving the house, had hurried, one to the
76 I, XXII | it can. Just look at our house now!”~“Oh, all that can
77 I, XXII | zealously at repairing the house, the foundations of which
78 I, XXIII| the soldiers rushed to the house and fetched the instrument
79 II, IV | than advancing with one’s house, garden, park, &c.? A wandering
80 II, V | toddle about between the house and the palisade; and Corporal
81 II, V | shed close up against the house itself, with a door of communication
82 II, V | On the left side of the house, opposite the shed, Mac-Nab
83 II, V | walled off, so that the large house was relieved of them as
84 II, V | also erected behind the house near the powder-magazine,
85 II, V | and were dragged to the house by the tamed reindeer. The
86 II, VI | Cape Bathurst protected the house from the north-east winds,
87 II, VI | battering-ram; between the house and the cape sometimes whirled
88 II, VI | rather than that of the house upon it. The tempest became
89 II, VI | this moment!”~Indeed the house was rocking to such an extent
90 II, VII | which shook the walls of the house like a battering-ram, but
91 II, X | again set up inside the house, the air vessel and air-pumps
92 II, X | inner rooms of the principal house.~Although Fort Hope was
93 II, X | were not confined to the house at all. It was, however,
94 II, XIV | reindeer fat for lighting the house, but the smell of it was
95 II, XIV | prudent to go back to the House. We must not put too strong
96 II, XV | strengthening the principal house of the fort, which would
97 II, XVII | returned to the principal house after seeing them off, and
98 II, XVII | palisades. The principal house and all the buildings connected
99 II, XVII | beneath which the principal house had entirely disappeared.~
100 II, XVIII| dog-house, stable, and principal house, had been able to escape
101 II, XVIII| shovels and pickaxes! The house is strong! it may have held
102 II, XVIII| creatures in them. The principal house next disappeared beneath
103 II, XVIII| asked if he thought the house could bear the weight of
104 II, XVIII| provisions had been left in the house.~“Oh, yes,” replied Mrs
105 II, XVIII| and if, as he hoped, the house had not given way, the want
106 II, XVIII| admit the outer air to the house as soon as possible.~All
107 II, XVIII| straight down to the top of the house; and which, according to
108 II, XVIII| to get to the top of the house before the end of the next
109 II, XVIII| not reach the roof of the house.~When the morning once more
110 II, XVIII| through before the roof of the house could be reached, that is
111 II, XVIII| tools had been left in the house, and Kellet, one of the
112 II, XVIII| to reach the roof of the house, if it had resisted the
113 II, XVIII| observed Hobson, “the house must have been crushed by
114 II, XVIII| replied Mac Nab, “the house itself has remained intact,
115 II, XVIII| built must have sunk. The house has gone through the crust
116 II, XVIII| their weight, and the whole house had been engulfed.~“Well,
117 II, XVIII| avalanche fell upon the house!~Kellet and his companion
118 II, XVIII| Mac-Nab had supposed, the house had sunk, and was full of
119 II, XIX | seventy-four hours spent in the house now in the water. Thomas
120 II, XIX | completely covered the house, and almost immediately
121 II, XIX | an hour all felt that the house, whilst resisting the enormous
122 II, XIX | given way, and that the house would fill with water!~To
123 II, XIX | miracle, the roof of the house, with its strong framework,
124 II, XIX | sinking a certain depth the house remained stationary, with
125 II, XIX | found in the ruins of the house, and were fortunately uninjured.
126 II, XIX | built on to the principal house, and the walls of which
127 II, XIX | in the ruins of the large house, and a good many articles
128 II, XX | the hunter Sabine left the house in the thick fog, and was
129 II, XX | occupied by the principal house of the factory.~Hitherto,
130 II, XX | Hitherto, as we are aware, the house, three quarters submerged,
131 II, XX | enlarged the crevasse, and the house with all it contained had
132 II, XX | beams and planks of the house, which had slid under the
133 II, XXI | well where the principal house had formerly stood. There
134 II, XXII | the site of the engulfed house and Cape Bathurst. It was
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