Part, Chapter
1 I, I | wolverenes, beavers, muskrats, water pole-cats, ermines, and
2 I, IV | disported themselves in the water, so that the inhabitants
3 I, V | recollection of our agonies when water failed us in the desert,
4 I, VI | three, fire, earth, and water, are de trop in the Arctic
5 I, VI | snow resolved itself into water. The irregularities of the
6 I, VIII | to the very edge of the water, are somewhat monotonous.
7 I, VIII | clearly cutting sky and water, and at this moment glittering
8 I, VIII | life. The surface of the water, the shores strewn with
9 I, VIII | lit up the surface of the water, and striking on the floating
10 I, IX | approaching hurricane affected the water sooner than the atmosphere
11 I, IX | filled rapidly, and the water bad to be baled out without
12 I, IX | the sudden sinking of the water. All surface agitation,
13 I, IX | more than half filled with water.~The Lieutenant uttered
14 I, IX | done was to get rid of the water which weighed down the boat.
15 I, IX | to work to bale out the water. This was no easy task;
16 I, IX | was split open, and the water poured into it in torrents.~“
17 I, IX | boat was settling down; the water had already reached the
18 I, IX | sank.~Both were drawn under water by the eddy caused by the
19 I, IX | scarcely keep above the water. With a last despairing
20 I, IX | bark, which riot a drop of water can penetrate. This light,
21 I, XI | reached, was a sheet of water with irregular banks, let
22 I, XII | or large pond of sweet water, than a lake.~The sledges
23 I, XII | height shut out the view. The water of the lagoon, instead of
24 I, XII | it not been so, drinkable water would not have failed the
25 I, XIII | slope considerably, so that water could easily run off them.
26 I, XIV | with which he whipped the water and cast his s line. The
27 I, XIV | hares. Steeped in boiling water, and flavoured with a few
28 I, XV | huge caterpillars, but in water -their native element—they
29 I, XV | perpendicular wall, from water three hundred fathoms deep.
30 I, XVI | beavers a sufficient depth of water at all seasons of the year,
31 I, XVI | be entered from below the water, and their owners have therefore
32 I, XVII | greatest height; we have high water or flood, for the sun and
33 I, XVII | their native element as water. Trumpeter swans, with a
34 I, XVIII| be rapidly converted into water?”~“Oh no, madam,” replied
35 I, XXI | to be washed with boiling water, as the panes were covered
36 I, XXI | washed the panes with boiling water, they consulted the thermometer
37 I, XXII | undermined by the action of the water once more set free, huge
38 I, XXII | natural consequence, the water on the western side had
39 I, XXII | the truant for drinkable water. Fortunately we have still
40 II, I | ice, which floats upon the water by reason of its being specifically
41 II, III | monotony of the vast expanse of water.~“Should you be very much
42 II, IV | earth-rose some ten feet from the water. They were perfectly perpendicular,
43 II, IV | scarcely three feet above the water. The upper part consisted
44 II, IV | iceberg or ice-field above the water, there are four below it.
45 II, IV | ice-masses which proceed from sea water, porous, opaque, and tinged
46 II, IV | than ice formed from fresh water. All things considered,
47 II, IV | and he was plunged into water up to his waist.~Hobson
48 II, IV | working-the ice did not touch the water. It was just like going
49 II, IV | kind of vault above the water, and of course it soon gave
50 II, V | lump of sugar in a glass of water.”~Mrs Barnett acquainted
51 II, V | superior, “the pit is full of water.”~“Ah!” said Hobson, in
52 II, V | said Marbre; “but the water cannot have been produced
53 II, V | me once before. Now the water in our pit is salt!”~Master
54 II, V | trench, to see how deep the water was, and to my great surprise,
55 II, VI | half-a-mile from the cape water and clouds were confounded
56 II, VII | night advanced, the air and water seemed to be absolutely
57 II, VII | was true, a vast sheet of water was indistinctly visible
58 II, VII | produced by the breaking of water against a hard body; they
59 II, VIII | to prefer salt or fresh water.~Mrs Barnett had now a capital
60 II, VIII | shall have no more fresh water,” replied Madge.~“Oh, we
61 II, VIII | shall not want for fresh water, Madge,” said Mrs Barnett; “
62 II, IX | forehead and temples with cold water, and waited.~A few minutes
63 II, IX | she was plunged into cold water, the freshness of which
64 II, X | but, turned back by the water, the instinct of self-preservation
65 II, X | the clear surface of the water As was noticed by the famous
66 II, X | separated by the motion of the water as soon as they had combined
67 II, X | covered with puddles of water, and in some parts riddled
68 II, X | not have had an inch of water beneath their keels. In
69 II, XII | reindeer trap with salt water, the non-arrival of the
70 II, XII | the ice. Large pools of water occurred here and there
71 II, XII | the ice. Large pools of water occurred here and there
72 II, XII | showers of comparatively warm water melted the snow and ice
73 II, XIII | than 34° Fahrenheit. Salt water, as is well known, does
74 II, XIII | a crevasse full of rough water strewn with small icicles—
75 II, XIII | plunged into the half-frozen water, and being a powerful swimmer
76 II, XIV | the seal comes out of the water, they rush upon it, hug
77 II, XIV | the seals, but at last the water in the hole Marbre had chosen
78 II, XV | should have converted into water the ice which now held them
79 II, XV | opened, and the unfrozen water flooded the surface of the
80 II, XVIII| island, the volume below the water being five times that of
81 II, XVIII| pantry and kitchen.”~“And any water?”~“Yes, water and rum too.”~“
82 II, XVIII| And any water?”~“Yes, water and rum too.”~“All right,
83 II, XVIII| to the waist in ice-cold water. Strange to say, the roof
84 II, XVIII| had sunk, and was full of water. The water did not, however,
85 II, XVIII| and was full of water. The water did not, however, yet fill
86 II, XVIII| head scarcely out of the water.~The Lieutenant lifted her
87 II, XIX | in the house now in the water. Thomas Black, Madge, and
88 II, XIX | the house would fill with water!~To seize a few provisions
89 II, XIX | remained stationary, with the water rather above the floor of
90 II, XIX | food to them through the water. They could make no attempt
91 II, XIX | increased by the gushing of the water through the lower rooms,
92 II, XIX | high as possible above the water, to prevent the waves from
93 II, XIX | easily fitted together on the water. This mode of proceeding
94 II, XX | constant action of tepid water, the mean temperature of
95 II, XX | some provisions and fresh water were taken on board.~Rain
96 II, XX | their very great draught of water—their volume being six or
97 II, XX | not deep enough in the water to come under the influence
98 II, XXI | rose two feet above the water. Its bulwarks would therefore
99 II, XXI | soldiers, went to fetch some water from the lake for culinary
100 II, XXI | she wanted fresh, not salt water.~The man replied that he
101 II, XXI | that he had fetched the water from the lake, he turned
102 II, XXI | terrible dread.~“No more fresh water!” exclaimed all the poor
103 II, XXI | comrades about drinkable water.~“There will be plenty of
104 II, XXI | disappearance of the fresh water lake, they came to lick
105 II, XXII | disinterred” for drinkable water melted before it was brought
106 II, XXIII| of ice, this solidified water, must dissolve with the
107 II, XXIII| melting, and sinking rapidly; water was gushing from it, and
108 II, XXIII| hill alone remained above water, and on it the despairing
109 II, XXIII| bear growling fiercely.~The water was still rising, and there
110 II, XXIII| vessel, with ten feet of water in the hold?~The air pumps
111 II, XXIII| a reservoir for drinking water, but of what use could they
112 II, XXIII| pressure of the air, the water vaporised on the surface
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