Part, Chapter
1 I, I | neighbours although their homes may be a hundred miles apart.
2 I, II | him, however formidable it may have appeared.”~“I can quite
3 I, II | replied the Captain.~“I may add a double motive. At
4 I, II | completely paralysed.~On the 2nd May, 1670, a licence to trade
5 I, III | to bid you welcome. But may I inquire what brings you
6 I, IV | seventieth parallel. We may therefore safely affirm
7 I, V | there about the beginning of May.~From this point the expedition
8 I, V | too severe, and on the 1st May the expedition arrived at
9 I, VI | agree, madam, I agree; and may all the women and soldiers
10 I, VI | set out again on the 4th May, three days later. The thermometer,
11 I, VI | the morning of the 15th May the hunters asked permission
12 I, VII | care about !”~On the 23d May, after a long and fatiguing
13 I, VII | the American continent, it may become the natural starting-point
14 I, VII | Arctic Circle, but I hope we may cross it without any very
15 I, VII | that of the 25th or 26th May, was even more terrible.
16 I, VIII | three or four bitter days in May; and they were most serviceable
17 I, VIII | the factory on the 30th May.~At this time Forts Confidence
18 I, VIII | Yes,” said Hobson; they may be able to give me some
19 I, VIII | refreshing sleep.~The next day, May 31st, Mrs Barnett and Jaspar
20 I, IX | no good; but the tempest may hold back for three or four
21 I, IX | pointing to the south, “we may see Fort Franklin before
22 I, IX | drive us to the south, it may be a month before Lieutenant
23 I, IX | Mrs Barnett : “alone, you may save yourself; together,
24 I, X | discovery of which we English may well be proud. But do tell
25 I, XI | that the hunters themselves may meet the fate they intended
26 I, XI | remote latitudes hunters may be overtaken by storms,
27 I, XI | grounds.”~“That is as it may be,” replied the Lieutenant. “
28 I, XIII | beams, and timbers. As may readily be supposed, finished
29 I, XIV | chance where a single neglect may prove fatal to the enterprise.”~“
30 I, XIV | and any wapitis that may have ventured so far north
31 I, XVI | Well, sir, however that may be,” said the Canadian, “
32 I, XVI | Whatever rights the Company may arrogate to itself, it is
33 I, XVII | which they were provided. We may also say that the rooms
34 I, XVIII| pole of cold,’ that you may not confound it with the
35 I, XVIII| but in a certain sense we may say that their latitude
36 I, XIX | peculiar metre, and, if we may so express it, a frosty
37 I, XIX | Barnett’s translation, which may give a faint idea of this
38 I, XX | the severity of the cold may have decreased, and that
39 I, XX | have decreased, and that we may venture across the court
40 I, XX | Incredible as such facts may appear, they have been of
41 I, XX | doubt that sudden death may result from braving a temperature
42 I, XXI | into our rooms; but they may force an entrance to the
43 I, XXI | alternative, for the cold may last for some time yet;
44 I, XXII | produced by the earthquake may, in fact, be summed up in
45 I, XXII | what every one thinks. But may I ask you one question.
46 I, XXII | were still sweet.~Early in May the snow had disappeared
47 I, XXII | upon them.~The month of May was very wet. Rain and snow
48 I, XXII | fort in the beginning of May, they ought to reach Cape
49 I, XXIII| the vicinity of a volcano may cause some phenomena; but
50 I, XXIII| rise at all.”~“Perhaps you may be mistaken observed Mrs
51 I, XXIII| lastly, a fifth on the 28th May 1900, which will be total
52 I, XXIII| but thirty-six years !”~“May I ask why?”~“Because of
53 I, XXIII| extension, and therefore it may be that the red prominences
54 II, I | said, touching his cap—~“May I ask you one question,
55 II, II | drew back to the north. We may, therefore, conclude that
56 II, II | when you think where we may be taken during the two
57 II, III | Perhaps some of the messengers may have fallen into the hands
58 II, III | parts of the peninsula, may turn out unfortunate too.
59 II, III | Esquimaux and Walruses’ Bay may not also disappear in time?”~“
60 II, IV | hard, compact, and, if we may so express it, “metallic”
61 II, V | By way of comparison, we may say that Victoria Island
62 II, VI | is so very strong that it may perhaps drive us nearer
63 II, VI | us ought to go, that we may be able to let our comrades
64 II, VII | by daylight. In fact, we may be away forty eight hours.
65 II, VIII | beneath our feet, which may at any moment give way,
66 II, VIII | Come, come, Madge, there may be some one in danger for
67 II, IX | being over, and the month of May having come round, Kalumah
68 II, X | Mrs Barnett, “the island may stop even yet. Perhaps it
69 II, X | position we are and all that may await us! Is it not taking
70 II, X | continent before March, or we may be surprised by the thaw,
71 II, XII | soldiers!”~“Our Lieutenant may depend upon us,” said Mac-Nab, “
72 II, XIII | difficulties on the way; may we be able to conquer them!
73 II, XIII | Reliance. Heaven grant we may have all landed at some
74 II, XIII | farther north, and, if we may so express it, lived upon
75 II, XV | break up until early in May; but the winter has been
76 II, XV | should now set in, the thaw may commence at the beginning
77 II, XV | where we now are, and which may seize us again when the
78 II, XV | on the continent before May, and although the cold had
79 II, XVII | towards the beginning of May.~It was probable that, when
80 II, XVII | valuable furs.~On the 2d of May a very carefully taken observation
81 II, XVII | Polar night!~On the 5th May, Hobson announced that Victoria
82 II, XVII | the land.~During the 7th May the island turned round
83 II, XVII | observations of the 8th May showed that the island had
84 II, XVII | cried at last, “the ice may have opened, we may be able
85 II, XVII | ice may have opened, we may be able to launch our boat
86 II, XVIII| The house is strong! it may have held together! Let
87 II, XVIII| replied Mac-Nab; “in fact, I may almost say I am sure of
88 II, XVIII| icebergs.” “God grant you may be right, Mac-Nab,” replied
89 II, XVIII| replied Hobson, “and that we may be spared the great grief
90 II, XIX | obtained at noon on the 12th May. Victoria Island was then
91 II, XIX | only chance is, that we may pass within sight of a whaler.”~“
92 II, XIX | vessel, &c.~On the 13th May all hope of drifting on
93 II, XIX | against it.~On the 14th May, Mac-Nab and his men commenced
94 II, XIX | to the north.~On the 16th May, Mrs Barnett and Madge were
95 II, XX | from the 19th to the 25th May, the weather was very bad.
96 II, XX | going on.~On the 23d of May, during the storm, the hunter
97 II, XX | In the course of the 25th May, the wind veered to the
98 II, XX | result:—~At noon on the 25th May, Victoria Island was in
99 II, XX | hundred miles from us, and we may reach them in eight days.”~“
100 II, XX | During the night of the 26th May, the orientation of the
101 II, XXI | therefore “disinterred,” if we may so express it, and melted
102 II, XXII | manifest enough, and we may well pity the Lieutenant
103 II, XXII | anxious watchers passed may be imagined, but cannot
104 II, XXIII| physical effect produced may be described as follows:—~
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