Part, Chapter
1 I, I | Chippeway Indians, well grown men with hardy constitutions.
2 I, I | was rather hard upon his men, as he was upon himself.
3 I, I | and mercilessly ordered men into confinement for the
4 I, I | his passive temperament. Men such as he are the materials
5 I, II | Company.~In the earliest times men employed the skins and furs
6 I, II | which numbered several men of high rank amongst its
7 I, III | but he was not like other men.~And now who was this astronomer?
8 I, III | eclipse of 1842, learned men of all nations—Airy, Arago,
9 I, III | applause of the learned men of all Europe.~Thomas Black
10 I, IV | employed about a million men on its territories. It held
11 I, IV | them. They were all picked men, chosen by Captain Craventy
12 I, IV | in these regions.~All the men had been chosen with great
13 I, V | the skill with which the men used their snow-shoes, scudding
14 I, V | detachment of the Lieutenant’s men was to go to meet this convoy,
15 I, V | Captain Craventy called the men of the party together and
16 I, V | obey. Would that all our men understood as you do the
17 I, VI | a resting-place for the men taking the convoys of furs
18 I, VI | choosing two such intelligent men to accompany the little
19 I, VI | Lieutenant-”that is, if the men are not mistaken as to the
20 I, VII | or accompanied by a few men as energetic as himself,
21 I, VII | so the Lieutenant and his men were often obliged to walk
22 I, VII | was no difficult matter to men accustomed to Polar expeditions.
23 I, VII | expeditions. Jaspar Hobson and his men knew well what they had
24 I, VIII | plenty of room, and dogs and men were soon comfortably installed.
25 I, VIII | some thirty natives there, men, women, and children, who
26 I, IX | nearer to him. Some bold men were coming to his succour!
27 I, IX | had heard voices. Three men, wandering about by the
28 I, IX | were Esquimaux, the only men who could have hoped to
29 I, IX | their deliverers. One of the men took the Lieutenant and
30 I, XI | Sergeant Long, “that our men will be entitled to double
31 I, XI | were apparently deserted by men. The travellers saw neither
32 I, XI | bears!”~“But I daresay the men who encamped here are already
33 I, XII | much the same thing. These men are in fact our most formidable
34 I, XII | parallel?~Noon approached. The men of the expedition gathered
35 I, XIII | provisional encampment.~His men being very skilful, the
36 I, XIII | of houses and boats. The men were well provided with
37 I, XIII | business of Mac-Nab and his men; and while the carpenters
38 I, XIII | house.~While Mac-Nab and his men were working so hard, the
39 I, XIII | escaped the notice of the men.~After scouring the country
40 I, XIV | the accommodation of the men were to be built opposite
41 I, XIV | without any danger. The men worked indefatigably, and
42 I, XV | difficult to believe; such men as Franklin, Parry, Ross,
43 I, XVI | Jaspar Hobson ordered his men to spare any which happened
44 I, XVIII| somewhat irksome to strong men, soldiers and hunters, accustomed
45 I, XIX | becoming softer, ordered his men to clear it away from the
46 I, XIX | inquired Hobson.~“Either men or morses,” replied the
47 I, XIX | distinguish sexes. There were two men, about forty or fifty years
48 I, XIX | hunting grounds. The two men were her brothers; the other
49 I, XIX | sister-in-law, married to one of the men, and mother of the two children.
50 I, XIX | Bathurst. Indeed the two men shook their heads when they
51 I, XIX | Lieutenant Hobson and his men dispensed with paying their
52 I, XIX | mother were at home, but the men had gone to hunt morses
53 I, XIX | Esquimaux for eight days. The men passed twelve hours out
54 I, XX | happened-fell to 15° Fahrenheit. The men on guard, who relieved each
55 I, XX | regions. They had seen strong men fall fainting on the ice
56 I, XXI | intense in the loft that the men could not hold the barrels
57 I, XXI | The Lieutenant and his men, becoming giddy and faint
58 I, XXI | blacksmith, as the bravest men in his party. All, together
59 I, XXI | decided that one of the men should try and run to the
60 I, XXI | disheartened less energetic men. But things were not yet
61 I, XXII | executed by Mac-Nab and his men. The piles, well driven
62 I, XXII | winter would not conquer men like you and your companions.”~“
63 I, XXII | own name and that of my men.”~“You flatter me, Lieutenant;
64 I, XXII | return with the Captain’s men. Do you mean to accompany
65 I, XXII | don’t suppose our thirsty men will drain it quite dry.”~“
66 I, XXII | July dawned. No news! Some men sent to the southeast to
67 I, XXII | arrived, a convoy of a few men and four or five sledges
68 I, XXIII| Barnett; “a danger from men, from animals, or the elements?”~“
69 I, XXIII| Bathurst, nor do I fear men; these districts are frequented
70 I, XXIII| earnestly, “if you fear neither men nor animals, I must conclude
71 I, XXIII| they are by the scientific men of all the observatories
72 II, I | to the Lieutenant and his men that they had become islanders.
73 II, I | Meanwhile Hobson let his men imagine that the failure
74 II, I | will be remembered that the men had been promised higher
75 II, I | with this sage remark the men drew off, little dreaming
76 II, II | prospect for brave and resolute men accustomed to long excursions
77 II, II | Lieutenant Hobson ordered his men to spare the furred animals
78 II, III | the uneasy surprise the men manifested at finding a
79 II, V | plenty to do.~Mac-Nab and his men—Petersen, Belcher, Garry,
80 II, V | persevered in keeping the men in ignorance. This serious
81 II, V | tell the whole truth; the men were brave and energetic,
82 II, V | were right; they were both men of long experience, and
83 II, V | knew the temper of their men.~And so the work of provisioning
84 II, V | added, double pay for the men. Was not Cape Bathurst a
85 II, VI | tumbling down. Mac-Nab and his men lived in a state of perpetual
86 II, VII | shut up in his cabin. The men were busy over their various
87 II, VII | But through it all the two men, upheld by the consciousness
88 II, VIII | occupations.~Hobson told his men that he had wished once
89 II, VIII | phenomena can hope, when men who are better informed,
90 II, X | before. Mac-Nab and his men had become wise by experience,
91 II, X | Fort Hope, to be near the men who were once their hunters
92 II, X | and it was impossible that men like Mac-Nab, Rae, Marbre
93 II, X | have had some experience of men, and I know that success
94 II, X | night. Hobson again made his men assume their winter garments,
95 II, X | attitude, “call all your men together in the large room
96 II, X | the members of the colony, men and women, were assembled
97 II, XII | rapidly pushed forward. The men bravely faced the fact that
98 II, XII | rapidly pushed forward. The men bravely faced the fact that
99 II, XII | vision of the caravan of men and women struggling across
100 II, XII | overhauled by Mac-Nab and his men, the inner framework and
101 II, XII | pedestrians. Hobson and his two men underwent the greatest fatigue
102 II, XIII | friends, that I am speaking to men who have found that I am
103 II, XIII | ourselves is impossible!”~The men trusted their chief implicitly.
104 II, XIV | Mac-Nab and some of his men worked hard in the darkness
105 II, XIV | remained on the beach, the men made their way to the holes
106 II, XIV | fellows,” he added to the men, “he will probably return
107 II, XV | before. Once more she saw the men and women of the hapless
108 II, XV | do; but Mac-Nab and his men, having finished their boat,
109 II, XVII | the enceinte they saw the men and women they had left
110 II, XVIII| All set to work zealously, men and women alike seizing
111 II, XVIII| likely to be effective. The men wielded the pickaxe whilst
112 II, XVIII| boring proceeded. Only three men could work at it together,
113 II, XVIII| have rallied them. As the men toiled in turn at their
114 II, XVIII| prepare the food, which the men devoured in their short
115 II, XVIII| neither the Lieutenant nor his men dreamt of leaving off work.~
116 II, XVIII| one of the carpenter’s men, remembered leaving his
117 II, XVIII| On the return of day the men toiled with fresh energy,
118 II, XVIII| For some minutes the three men remained silent. Mac-Nab’
119 II, XVIII| throughout the night, the men relieving each other every
120 II, XIX | 14th May, Mac-Nab and his men commenced the construction
121 II, XXI | must be remembered that the men were none of them sailors,
122 II, XXI | with the feelings of his men, and understood their repugnance
123 II, XXI | and Hobson forbade his men to leave the factory, as
124 II, XXI | to the quadrupeds than to men.~The number of birds, which
125 II, XXII | returned to the camp. The men and women were gathered
126 II, XXIII| right, sir;” adding to his men, “bring out all the canvas
127 II, XXIV | for ever! Hobson and his men were to return to Fort Reliance
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