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Part, Chapter
1 I, II | Badgers,. . . . . . . . . . 1,069~ ~ Bears,. . . . . . . . . . .
2 I, II | 1,074~ ~ Skins and young Beavers,. .
3 I, II | Rats,. . . . . . . . . 694,092~ ~ Badgers,. . . . . . . . . .
4 I, II | Polecats, . . . . . . . . . 25,100~ ~ Otters, . . . . . . . . . .
5 I, IV | Lieutenant Jaspar Hobson.~~~~11. Sabine, soldier.~~~~~~2.
6 I, IV | exactly at 61° 25’ N. lat. and 114° W. long. The surrounding
7 I, II | the value of no less than £120,000, and the existence of
8 I, XII | to a second.~Longitude, 127° 36’ 12” west of the meridian
9 I, IV | 5. Belcher, do.~~~~15. Mrs Joliffe.~~~~~~6. Rae,
10 I, II | of the 12th century.~In 1553 Russia founded several establishments
11 II, II | The island was then in 157° 37’ longitude west from
12 I, II | paralysed.~On the 2nd May, 1670, a licence to trade in furs
13 II, V | Victoria Island was situated in 167° 27’ west longitude, and
14 II, XIX | then situated in longitude 168°12’ west of Greenwich, and
15 I, IV | 7. Marbre, do~~~~17. Mrs Paulina Barnett.~~~~~~
16 I, III | unable to answer.~As early as 1706 this luminous halo was scientifically
17 I, III | during the total eclipse of 1715 by Lonville and Halley,
18 I, III | and Halley, by Maraldi in 1724, by Antonio de’Ulloa in
19 I, X | It is even said that in 1741 a certain Christopher Middleton,
20 I, X | reported. On November 6, 1769, this agent left Fort Prince
21 I, X | Coppermine river, July 13th, 1772, the course of which he
22 I, X | gone to seek it! Phipps in 1773, James Cook and Clerke in
23 I, III | by Antonio de’Ulloa in 1778, and by Bonditch and Ferrer
24 I, X | Cook and Clerke in 1776 to 1779, Kotzebue in 1815 to 1818,
25 I, II | whatever. Moreover, towards 1784 some merchants of Montreal
26 I, II | centre of the fur trade. In 1798 the new Company shipped
27 II, XV | Latitude, 69° 57’; longitude, 179° 33’.~Kalumah was right,
28 I, IV | 8. Garry, do~~~~18. Madge.~~~~~~9. Pond,
29 I, III | by Bonditch and Ferrer in 1806; but their theories were
30 I, II | amongst others, founded in 1809, with a capital of a million
31 I, X | 1776 to 1779, Kotzebue in 1815 to 1818, Ross, Parry, Franklin,
32 I, X | 1779, Kotzebue in 1815 to 1818, Ross, Parry, Franklin,
33 I, II | ruin than any other; but in 1821, after much discussion,
34 I, II | Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833-34, which will give an exact
35 I, X | Captain Back in his voyage in 1834, when he discovered King
36 I, XX | temperature at Fort Reliance in 1835 would be reached!~Jaspar
37 I, II | taken by Parliament, and, in 1837, a commission appointed
38 I, X | shores of the Polar Sea in 1838, and whose courageous efforts
39 I, II | Paulina Barnett.~“Until 1839, madam,” said he, “the Company
40 I, XVIII| If I remember rightly in 1845 . . . Sergeant Long, you
41 II, III | written upon it. John Ross in 1848 tried similar means to acquaint
42 I, XXIII| second on the 22d December 1870, total for the Azores, the
43 I, XXIII| third on the 19th August 1887, total for the north-east
44 I, XXII | In another fortnight-July 18th-the solar eclipse was to take
45 I, XX | Fahrenheit thermometer fell to 18° below zero, and the gale
46 II, XV | thermometer marking only 1º Fahrenheit, the lowest temperature
47 II, XX | 13’, and longitude 170° 23’.~It had therefore advanced
48 II, III | remember that it is the 23rd July, and the summer is
49 I, VII | know that this latitude 23° 27’ 57” from the North Pole,
50 I, II | shores of the Pacific at 52° 24’ N. Lat. The following is
51 I, II | 14,255~ ~ Sables, . . . . . . . . . .
52 II, XIV | temperature meanwhile varying from 26° to 34° Fahrenheit. The consumption
53 I, II | and young Beavers,. . 92,288~ ~ Musk Rats,. . . . . . . . .
54 II, III | abated, but during the 20th, 2lst, and 22d July, no change
55 I, XVIII| temperature in the world: 2° below zero all the year
56 II, VIII | 70° 57’; longitude, 170° 30’.~So that, in spite of the
57 I, II | 22,303~ ~ Racoons,. . . . . . . . . .
58 I, XVI | fell during the night to 31° Fahrenheit; and thin coatings
59 I, II | Hudson’s Bay Company in 1833-34, which will give an exact
60 I, XVI | of 1851, and valued at £3400 sterling.~Several of these
61 I, II | number of furs exported was 2,350,000, but since then the
62 I, XII | second.~Longitude, 127° 36’ 12” west of the meridian
63 I, X | afternoon of the next day, June 3d, the river was gained. It
64 I, XVII | 14th the thermometer marked 3° Fahrenheit below zero, a
65 I, IV | 13. Kellet, do.~~~~~~4. Petersen, soldier~~~~14.
66 I, II | America at an annual rent of £40,000, so that it is now working
67 I, XIX | can endure a temperature 40° below zero, without fires,
68 II, XV | temperature varied from 43° to 50° Fahrenheit, and it
69 I, XII | Greenwich.~Latitude, 70° 44’ 37” north.~And that very
70 I, II | 7,451~ ~ Ermines,. . . . . . . . . .
71 I, I | Reliance is situated in 61° 47’ N. Lat., at least four
72 I, II | Wolves, . . . . . . . . . . 8,484~ ~ Wolverines, . . . . . . . .
73 II, V | west longitude, and 70° 49’ north latitude. It had,
74 I, II | 64,490~ ~ Polecats, . . . . . . . . .
75 I, II | Ermines,. . . . . . . . . . 491~ ~ Foes, . . . . . . . . . . .
76 II, X | maintaining a mean height of 49° Fahrenheit, some swans flying
77 I, VIII | Bear Lake are worth from £50 to £60 each.”~The Sergeant
78 I, X | with receiving a bribe of £500 from the Company to say
79 I, XVIII| there are in reality but 5000 fixed stars visible to the
80 I, II | in 1819 to 1822, along 5550 miles of the American coast;
81 II, XX | Victoria Island was in latitude 56° 13’, and longitude 170°
82 I, II | Wolverines, . . . . . . . . 1,571~ ~Such figures ought to
83 I, VIII | Lake are worth from £50 to £60 each.”~The Sergeant was
84 I, IV | of the lakes beyond the 61st parallel is that called
85 II, XIX | Greenwich, and in latitude 63°37’ N. The exact spot was looked
86 I, II | Sables, . . . . . . . . . . 64,490~ ~ Polecats, . . . . . . . . .
87 I, XX | window of the passage marked 66° below zero. A few degrees
88 I, II | Musk Rats,. . . . . . . . . 694,092~ ~ Badgers,. . . . . . . . . .
89 II, XV | Island was then: Latitude, 69° 57’; longitude, 179° 33’.~
90 I, II | domain extending over 3,700,000 square miles. Its principal
91 I, XVII | into the world beyond the 70th degree N. Lat.~A few days
92 I, II | Racoons,. . . . . . . . . . 713~ ~ Swans, . . . . . . . . . .
93 II, XIII | column of mercury fell to 72° Fahrenheit below zero.~Hobson
94 II, II | eclipse was, as we know, 73° 7’ 20” north.~The spot was
95 II, X | longitude 177° 22’, and latitude 77° 57’—more than six hundred
96 I, XVIII| Georgia, 95° longitude and 78° latitude, has the coldest
97 II, X | that several days of cold, 7° or 8° below zero, are required
98 I, VII | Morton — did not get beyond 83° north latitude, seven degrees
99 I, II | Its capital was then only £8420. Private companies were
100 I, II | Swans, . . . . . . . . . . 7,918~ ~ Wolves, . . . . . . . . . .
101 I, II | Skins and young Beavers,. . 92,288~ ~ Musk Rats,. . . . . . . . .
102 I, II | 9,937~ ~ Lynxes, . . . . . . . . . .
103 I, XVIII| shores of North Georgia, 95° longitude and 78° latitude,
104 II, X | to my heart to think of abandoning it on this island. It has
105 II, X | across the ice after the abandonment of Fort Hope. It was most
106 I, XVIII| however, showed no signs of abating. The party had now been
107 I, XVI | international question to remain in abeyance for the present. Whatever
108 II, XIX | their principal food, and abound in the green waters. Now
109 II, VIII | farther west. They were now abreast of Behring Strait, but four
110 I, XII | Barnett, “that after the absorption by the Hudson’s Bay Company
111 II, XXIII| compressed air in expanding abstracted the heat from the thawed
112 II, XV | not help laughing at this absurd speech, and sent the Corporal
113 I, XVI | with a slightly foreign accent.~“Excuse me, sir,” replied
114 I, XI | and I daresay they will accept it without a murmur.”~“Well
115 I, XVI | madam, you will favour me by accepting this one in remembrance
116 II, X | now, to a certain extent, acclimatised.~Certainly the winter did
117 I, X | compelled him to return without accomplishing anything. Fortunately he
118 I, IV | taken service of their own accord. Double pay had been promised
119 II, VIII | begininng] beginning to accumulate, and God will send it us
120 II, XII | herself to look; she wished to accustom her eyes to these scenes,
121 I, XIX | heart, with sorrow filled,~Aches drearily !~My sweet child
122 I, XVI | could not, however, but acknowledge that this was not the time
123 I, XIX | companions, who made signs of acquiescence, and they all passed through
124 II, XIV | matters straight, for she had acquired wonderful power over the
125 I, XXII | the worthy Corporal, who acquitted himself of it with the zeal
126 I, XVII | garden, consisting of several acres hidden behind the cliff
127 I, XXI | lower, a thick, nauseous, acrid smoke filled the house;
128 II, XV | made much of. His mother, acting by Madge’s advice, put off
129 I, XIV | immense muscular power, and an acute sense of smell. It is found
130 I, XV | proving the truth of the adage “It’s a long lane that has
131 I, XII | light-hearted and merry, adapting themselves to circumstances
132 II, XV | inside the rooms to afford additional support to the beams of
133 I, XVIII| description could give an adequate idea of the glory which
134 I, XX | which no pen or pencil could adequately portray. The throbbing reverberations
135 I, XIV | own room was a dark cell adjoining the hall, with no window
136 II, XIV | belladonna was recommended, and administered one or two drops to the
137 I, II | will decide this, for the Admiralty is about to send a vessel
138 I, VI | madam; but the sun which you admire so much will soon create
139 I, XVIII| out that the outer air was admitted.~Hobson, the Sergeant, several
140 II, XV | a whaler she might have advantageously replaced many an ice-master
141 II, XIX | mode of proceeding had two advantages:—~1. The carpenter would
142 I, X | returned to their wild life of adventure on the lake, where they
143 I, VIII | hear of their approach, I advise you to be on your guard.”~“
144 I, I | reception was a very simple affair, yet he had spared no pains
145 I, XXI | Hobson announced the state of affairs in as hopeful a tone as
146 II, XXIV | had conceived so warm an affection for the lady who had so
147 II, IX | tears, and pressed her hand [affectionaly] affectionately, and then
148 I, IV | We may therefore safely affirm that every human effort
149 I, III | polar countries to set going afresh the circulation of the blood
150 I, II | was carried on through the agency of the Samoiedes; but during
151 I, XV | deep. It is probable that ages ago portion of the continent
152 I, XX | when a new danger arose to aggravate the sufferings of the colonists.~
153 I, XVI | has all the suppleness and agility of the feline tribe to which
154 I, II | Company was detrimental to all agricultural enterprise. All questions
155 II, X | the mighty south-east wind aiding its headlong course, to
156 I, XIX | easy. Two balls carefully aimed put an end to the bear’s
157 II, XV | aided by the imprisoned air-bubbles; and the fragility of the
158 II, IV | from an accumulation of air-the ice had formed a kind of
159 II, XXIII| with the air pumps and the air-vessel, which Hobson had employed
160 I, IV | a smelting furnace, two airpumps for ventilation, an India-rubber
161 II, XIV | On the 27th a somewhat alarming visit was received at the
162 I, II | Duke of York, the Duke of Albemarle, the Earl of Shaftesbury, &
163 I, II | be done but to light this alcoholic lake, and the Corporal,
164 II, XX | drifting rapidly towards the Aleutians. When they really approached
165 I, XIV | birch-bushes !~They found a useful alley (sic) in a certain little
166 I, XVII | disc, languidly running its allotted course in the thick fog,
167 I, XXIII| full, and according to the almanac the tide ought to have been
168 I, XXIII| of all the eclipses, it alone-that of 9th August 1896-will
169 II, VI | Victoria Island should come alongside of the continent, it would
170 II, XV | way. Like a chamois on the Alpine rocks, the young girl firmly
171 I, XVII | distorted like the famous Alps of Switzerland. A few scattered
172 I, XXII | been bent towards the lake, altering the elevation of the plateau
173 I, XXI | days longer. A desperate alternative, for the cold may last for
174 I, XV | large quantities of the aluminium, silica, and felspar pebbles
175 I, II | North-west Company became amalgamated with it, the two receiving
176 I, IV | the bison, elk, and deer, amassed in the large battues on
177 II, XV | and then at each other in amazement.~“The island ought to be
178 I, I | than to command. He had no ambition but to obey the orders he
179 II, VII | they struck into a kind of ambling trot.~There was a kind of
180 I, XVIII| heavens made him the best amends in their power by displaying
181 I, XII | According to the maps of North America-imperfect, it is true-the western
182 | among
183 II, XII | unfortunately getting low—and an ample reserve of sorrel, scurvy-grass,
184 I, XVIII| together. Reading was the chief amusement. The Bible and some books
185 I, XII | turned to account for the anchorage of the ships which it was
186 I, XIX | the home of their tribe, and- were considerably astonished
187 I, XVIII| on the 28th November the Aneroid barometer in the large room
188 I, XIV | Sergeant Long was a first-rate angler, and nothing could surpass
189 II, VIII | moving about and growling angrily.~It was an immense Polar
190 II, XIX | feed upon the microscopic anima[l]culae which form their
191 I, XVIII| introduction of heat into an animate body, and the sudden withdrawal
192 I, II | that it was necessary to annex to Canada all the territories
193 II, X | at dinner, for it was the anniversary of the birth of little Michael
194 I, III | But there was no time to announce this opinion, for the courier
195 II, X | thirty-four pounds! The announcement of this wonderful weight
196 II, V | advance, and, much to Hobson’s annoyance, towards the dreaded Behring
197 I, XI | and the Lieutenant, much annoyed, was about to abandon the
198 I, II | establishments in North America at an annual rent of £40,000, so that
199 I, XI | the best food of all the Anseres tribe; ducks with red heads
200 I, XIX | could not understand the answers he received.~The name of
201 II, IV | working away like a white ant, Hobson communicated the
202 I, II | those of civilisation are antagonistic. It is to the interest of
203 I, XIII | house: the first to be an antechamber with a double door to keep
204 II, X | no lack of these valuable anti-scorbutics.~The sheds were filled with
205 I, II | therefore of very great antiquity. Luxury in dress increased
206 I, XIV | new fort contained other antiscorbutics, in the shape of casks of
207 I, III | by Maraldi in 1724, by Antonio de’Ulloa in 1778, and by
208 II, V | fruit of all his cares, anxieties, and dangers must eventually
209 II, XIII | which are much warmer than anybody would imagine.~Before retiring,
210 II, V | approaching winter went on apace, and there was really nothing
211 I, XIV | completed the furniture of this apartment. The inner room, which was
212 II, XVII | to bed in the different apartments assigned to them.~It was
213 II, XVIII| In a few moments a large aperture was made, and a figure appeared
214 II, XV | prismatic crystals, the apexes of which pointed to the
215 I, VIII | of his guests with many apologies for being unable to accompany
216 II, XV | sagacity, retraced their steps. Appearances were, however, certainly
217 II, X | of the cold season were appearing, even as they were now.
218 I, IV | energy and resolution. We append a list of the whole party:—~ ~~~
219 I, XVIII| awaiting them with sharpened appetites.~W e can readily imagine
220 I, II | flames, whilst the guests applauded and clapped their hands.
221 I, III | would be entitled to the applause of the learned men of all
222 I, I | clumsy legs, were all the appliances of luxury the saloon could
223 II, XXIV | in 1896. And therefore I appoint a meeting with you, Lieutenant,
224 II, XX | what name could be more appropriate?—saw the sun rise above
225 I, XVII | remained which the Indians appropriately call “ winter birds,” because
226 II, V | execution, with his chief’s approval, a plan he had long had
227 II, IV | the Esquimaux do.”~Hobson approved, but advised the Sergeant
228 I, XIV | partridge family, and might be aptly described as white partridges
229 I, XVII | where they could find the aquatic plants and insects they
230 I, XV | sedimentary formation and aqueous origin. Stone, so conspicuously
231 II, XV | rainbow, strewn with enamelled arabesques, sparkling crystals, and
232 I, IV | could regulate salaries, and arbitrarily fix the price of provisions
233 I, XIII | containing the cabins. The architectural effect of the whole would
234 I, XIII | chalet. Above this squared architrave were laid the joists of
235 I, XIII | beams, which represented the architraves of the two fronts, rested
236 II, X | Lieutenant Hobson had so ardently longed, had come at last,
237 I, XV | of the sea, and the tides are-or are said to be-very high
238 I, XX | But no one was disposed to argue with him about it, for all
239 I, V | the tropical heat of India arid Australia? You have no recollection
240 I, XXIII| health. No quarrels had arisen amongst the colonists, and
241 II, XIV | taught reading, writing, and arithmetic either in England or in
242 I, I | represent the two kinds of armies; and in a conflict between
243 I, XXI | three soldiers, hastily arming themselves with hatchets
244 II, VI | own room, that they might arrange together for all eventualities.~“
245 I, III | the Arctic regions, and arriving at Fort Reliance on the
246 I, XVI | Whatever rights the Company may arrogate to itself, it is very clear
247 I, I | armour, borrowed from the arsenal of the fort, and by an English
248 I, VII | between these two principal arteries; and as they were no longer
249 I, XXI | elapsed before he could articulate a word. He was laid in a
250 I, XIV | were skilled in all the artifices which sportsmen employ in
251 I, XVII | combination of natural and artificial protections they hoped to
252 I, XIII | one desire?~Certainly an artist who had once seen it would
253 I, I | brilliantly-coloured and artistically shaped cardboard—the motto
254 I, XII | of a calculation of right ascensions, the Lieutenant and the
255 II, XXI | Hearing Hope’s repeated [asertions] assertions that he had
256 I, XI | heads and black breasts; ash-coloured crows, a kind of mocking
257 I, VI | resembling the braying of an ass, and proving that the two
258 I, X | and two Canadians were assassinated and eaten by their comrades.
259 I, VII | know you well enough to assert that on occasion you would
260 II, XXI | Hope’s repeated [asertions] assertions that he had fetched the
261 II, X | had really no reason to assign for putting a stop to the
262 II, XXI | not too rough, this rude assortment of planks and timbers might
263 I, III | Polar Sea.”~And with fresh assurances of his willingness to serve
264 I, XIII | mostly sea-urchins and asteriadæ; but the soil consisted
265 II, XXII | nothing could ever rouse or astonish him again.~The Lieutenant
266 I, XXIII| and then the astronomer [astonomer] drew himself up, with eyes
267 II, VII | perfect whirlwind tore them asunder, and flung them upon the
268 I, IV | into it-the Mackenzie, the Athabasca, &c.; and several important
269 I, II | of Upper Canada, on Lakes Athapeskow, Winnipeg, Superior, Methye,
270 I, VI | absolute indifference to all athletic exercise. He had not come
271 I, XII | the eye could reach Recent atlases give no land beyond the
272 II, XXIII| the pressure of several atmospheres. Then Black, taking one
273 I, IX | and it would crush it to atoms. Norman, looking round,
274 I, I | wanting, but their absence was atoned for by its huge proportions.
275 II, III | regret, I did not at the time attach sufficient importance.”~“
276 II, IX | thanks and expressions of attachment. Then she told her story:
277 I, VIII | species. These trees, which attain a height of some forty feet,
278 II, X | plenty of which was easily attainable.~The tame reindeer also
279 I, IV | full of fish; trout in them attained to an immense size, their
280 II, II | successfully resisted all attempts to explore them.~“There
281 II, XII | fixed. But even then he attended to nothing but the sledge
282 I, XVI | forehead. The circumstances attending its death deserve relation
283 II, V | party would be as richly attired as the grandest princesses,
284 II, X | himself up in a military attitude, “call all your men together
285 I, X | onwards by an indefinable attraction; the glory of the unknown
286 II, X | would be exposed to contrary attractions, either of which might lead
287 I, XVII | However, they shouted out “au revoir” in significant tones,
288 II, III | yet her heart beat almost audibly. She gazed across the sea
289 I, XVIII| generally read aloud, and her audience listened with delight. The
290 II, XIV | dark hours appear.~Some Auroræ Borealis and two or three
291 I, I | éclat.~In fact, under the auspices of Corporal Joliffe, the
292 I, XIII | Fort Good Hope.~Alas! the auspicious title was never to be inscribed
293 I, XV | in Tierra del Fuego, and Australasia. They are the chimneys of
294 I, XIV | which turn green in the autumn. These trees and larches
295 I, XIII | formed so many timbers, averaging some twenty feet in length.
296 II, XIX | determined to do his best to avert the coming misfortune, and
297 II, XII | landscape became still more awe-inspiring, and before her mind’s eye
298 I, V | in the sunbeams. Nature awoke once more from her heavy
299 I, IV | ammunition; for tools : axes, saws, adzes, and other
300 I, XIX | confided to Mrs Joliffe, and b her carefully prepared for
301 I, I | gravely and silently to the babel of voices around them.~The
302 II, XV | intelligent, and familiar from babyhood with the phenomena of the
303 I, III | serve him, the Captain again bade his new guest welcome to
304 I, XVI | sometimes called the Taxel badger.~Another animal of the rodent
305 II, X | The winter has begun very badly,” said Hobson, “in fact
306 I, VIII | whom Heaven confound!”~“Bah!” exclaimed the Lieutenant; “
307 I, III | Mauvais, Otto, Struve, Petit, Baily, &c.—endeavoured to solve
308 I, XVII | horizontal piece of wood was baited with venison, and every
309 I, XVII | three pieces of wood so balanced as to fall on the least
310 I, V | the south-such as swans, bald-headed eagles, &c.—passed through
311 I, IX | and the two set to work to bale out the water. This was
312 I, IX | and the water bad to be baled out without a moment’s pause,
313 I, IX | Lieutenant, leaving the baling to her, took the helm himself,
314 II, IV | it away. Is it not like a balloon voyage in the air? What
315 II, XVII | and every one enjoyed the balmy air, and breathed more freely
316 II, IV | be easily examined. The banks- half ice, half sand and
317 I, XVII | Michael Hope. The ceremony of baptism was performed with considerable
318 I, XVIII| enceinte. The snow was as bard as a rock, And so slippery
319 I, V | the Sagas, and sung by the bards of the time of Ossian. But
320 I, XIV | In addition to the Polar bares, which underwent every variety
321 II, XV | shaped as she was like a barge at the bows, she ought the
322 I, XIII | felled-they were neither barked nor squared-and formed so
323 I, XXI | window of the passage to be barricaded inside; it was the only
324 I, VII | investigations. Such were Barth, Burton, Livingstone Speke,
325 I, II | The bowl—or rather, the basin—was filled with the precious
326 I, V | fresh air of spring, and to bask in the sunbeams. Nature
327 I, IV | high, defended by a small bastion with a pointed roof at each
328 II, XXIII| peered into the night-mists, bat seeing nothing, he resumed
329 II, III | and that its waves would bathe the whole of the southern
330 II, VII | beach, the foam sometimes bathing their feet, and presently
331 I, XVII | of a town with curtains battered in, and monuments and columns
332 I, IV | deer, amassed in the large battues on the south of the lake;
333 II, VIII | many places, and that new bays would be formed all along
334 I, XV | tides are-or are said to be-very high in the Arctic Ocean-many
335 II, I | replied Joliffe with a beaming face. “It isn’t that we
336 I, V | otter-skin caps and white bear-skin mantles, gazed in astonishment
337 I, XIX | long black coarse hair, and beardless chins of their race. Their
338 I, V | are freezing beneath our bearskins; you recall the broiling
339 I, X | has to you; and my heart beats high when I think that fellow
340 I, VII | were able to endure their beaver-like existence without suffering
341 I, IV | But a few years ago beaver-skins became so scarce that the
342 I, XIV | entirely unloaded, and the bedding carried into the different
343 II, XV | mean that he went from his bedroom into the large room, where
344 I, XX | maintained above 20° degrees. The bedrooms were exceedingly cold, and
345 II, XIV | night by her favourite’s bedside, and refusing to take any
346 I, I | Joliffe. He was the busy bee of the party, but it was
347 II, XV | sap swelled the bark of beeches, willows, and arbutus. Tiny
348 II, XV | approach too near to these beetling cliffs, the solidity of
349 II, VI | case any accident should befall us”~“Yes,” replied Long, “
350 I, XXII | furs; and if no accident befell them, they might hope to
351 I, XXIII| rise one foot, as it did before-it did not rise at all.”~“Perhaps
352 II, VIII | two falls of snow. Ice is [begininng] beginning to accumulate,
353 I, XV | that has no turning.” They beguiled the tediousness of the way
354 I, XIX | had answered in English behaved with greater refinement,
355 II, IV | Long, “if by some miracle a bell were now to ring, what do
356 II, XIV | remembered that tincture of belladonna was recommended, and administered
357 I, XXI | and tied the other to his belt, on which he hung a tinder-box
358 II, V | where they had made the bench-marks.~They examined them carefully,
359 II, II | many hopes, and to lose the benefit of all their exertions,
360 II, VIII | difficulties with which be was beset.~The temperature fell some
361 I, XXI | better to go and attack the besiegers, or to remain on the defensive.
362 I, XIII | deliberation unanimously agreed to bestow upon the settlement the
363 I, IV | regions. Everything had to betaken with them-food, clothes,
364 II, VII | postern gates, and set out [beween] between the hills and the
365 I, II | amongst the guests, fresh bidders for them coming forward
366 I, V | latitudes; and little shrews no bigger than a hazel-nut ventured
367 I, XIV | waterfowl figured in the bill of fare. Besides the ducks
368 I, XIV | former victim above the birch-bushes !~They found a useful alley (
369 I, V | warmer air. The poplars, birches, and willows began to bud,
370 II, X | was the anniversary of the birth of little Michael Mac-Nab.
371 I, XI | to the daily rations of biscuit and corned beef, and we
372 I, IV | with them. The flesh of the bison, elk, and deer, amassed
373 I, IV | currency had to be changed. Bison-furs are now the medium of trade.
374 I, XIII | building. To start with, the Bite had been carefully levelled.
375 I, XIII | innumerable quantities of bivalve shells broken by the surf,
376 I, XIV | white partridges with long black-spotted feathers in the tail. The
377 I, XIV | neither more nor less than blackcock (Tetrao tetrix). When roasted
378 I, I | gloomy appearance of the blackened beams of the ceiling, and
379 II, X | continuous sheet of ice. Large blackish patches here and there showed
380 I, I | lamps, and adding fresh blackness to the beams of the ceiling,
381 I, XIX | the colour returned to her blanched cheeks.~“Well, madam,” inquired
382 I, XVI | great American writer; a blanket loosely arranged about his
383 I, IX | the bone by the cutting blast, they strove to gaze through
384 I, XIV | sheltered from the keen blasts, which shrivel vegetation
385 II, VII | seeing the whole thicket in a blaze~“Ah!” said Hobson, “as we
386 II, IV | fire of dead branches was blazing at the camp.~Long had now
387 I, XVI | to wait for the cold to bleach them.~Their cousins, the
388 II, XV | wounds of the ice-field bled copiously,” and the opening
389 II, XXIV | It was on the island of Blejinie, the last of the Aleutian
390 II, VII | sea and sky were still blended in one unbroken circle.~
391 II, XXIV | considerable emotion—~“God bless you, madam, for all you
392 II, V | such a son! but, alas! the blessing of children, for which he
393 II, VIII | despair. That is one of our blessings, which our Lieutenant unfortunately
394 I, XXIII| or if my presentiments blind me, but there seems to me
395 I, XVII | to cause several cases of blindness amongst the Esquimaux.~A
396 I, VI | Polar sun inflames their blood-another deplorable result of the
397 II, VIII | disappeared, whilst the blood-stains increased, making an irregular
398 I, XVI | that quarrelling and even bloodshed would ensue; he could not,
399 I, IX | peered into the darkness with bloodshot eyes. Prepared for all contingencies,
400 I, XXI | was restored. The white blotches with which parts of his
401 I, XX | the flames began to pale; bluish tongues still fitfully licked
402 I, XV | hills, of conical form, with blunted crests, looking as if their
403 I, XIII | thus making the walls and boarding impervious to the rain and
404 I, I | luxury the saloon could boast of. But the partition wall,
405 II, X | the chips left from the boat-building added considerably to their
406 I, IX | Atlantic Ocean. This sudden fog bodes us no good; but the tempest
407 I, VII | evening the wind became very boisterous. The snow, driven before
408 II, XXIII| of which was closed and bolted. The pumps were then at
409 II, XV | fearful crash, bursting like a bomb-shell. Fortunately no one was
410 I, III | de’Ulloa in 1778, and by Bonditch and Ferrer in 1806; but
411 I, XVII | sealskin pantaloons, fur bonnets, and waterproof boots with
412 I, VIII | information about the districts bordering on the Arctic Ocean, and
413 II, XVIII| that twenty remained to be bored through before the roof
414 I, I | disguised by arms and armour, borrowed from the arsenal of the
415 II, IV | be wrapt in slumber, its bosom slightly heaving with the
416 I, XIV | interest in “ economic “ botany, only met with .two plants
417 I, XX | sinking to the bottom of the bottles. The spruce-beer made from
418 I, IV | intelligent animals were bought of the Chippeway Indians,
419 I, XV | lava were strewn with huge boulders deeply imbedded in the soil,
420 I, XVII | delight and enthusiasm knew no bounds; everything was new to her,
421 II, I | view, and was afraid the bounty would be withheld.~“You
422 I, XX | convulsion was going on in the bowels of the earth. Might not
423 I, XXIII| signs of uneasiness and bowled piteously. The wild ducks,
424 II, XV | was like a barge at the bows, she ought the better to
425 I, IV | tobacco,~~~~1 “~~~~~~“ one box of powder,~~~~1 “~~~~~~“
426 II, V | the climate pleasant and bracing. The baby Michael got on
427 I, XII | lagoon, instead of being brackish as they expected from its
428 I, I | In her journeys up the Brahmaputra, as far as the mountains
429 I, I | her face, framed in long braids of hair, already touched
430 I, XIV | spruce-beer.” A good crop of these branchlets was gathered in and stored
431 I, IV | controlled by the long thong brandished by the driver, drew the
432 I, XIV | flavoured with a few drops of brandy or gin, it formed an excellent
433 I, XXI | Sergeant and others, whose bravery none could doubt, agreed
434 I, XXI | Rae the blacksmith, as the bravest men in his party. All, together
435 I, VI | with cries resembling the braying of an ass, and proving that
436 I, VI | moon were guilty of such a breach of good manners, I should
437 I, XXI | Mrs Joliffe served up a breakfast of hot meat and tea. Hot
438 II, XXIV | hundred miles since the breaking-up of the ice. They were hospitably
439 I, XI | with red heads and black breasts; ash-coloured crows, a kind
440 I, XV | a halt to give the teams breathing-time, and the Sergeant remarked
441 II, XXII | spoken, but all watched in breathless silence as the form of a
442 I, VI | although I was born and bred on this continent, its beauties
443 I, XVII | would return with the first breezes of spring and that they
444 I, X | charged with receiving a bribe of £500 from the Company
445 I, I | found, Captain.”~An immense brick and earthenware stove occupied
446 II, X | north. It would throw a bridge six hundred miles long from
447 II, V | ship Resolute, the American brig Advance, and with the Fox,
448 II, XIV | did all in her power to brighten the monotonous existence
449 II, IX | seeing Mrs Barnett, her face brightened, the same name again burst
450 II, IV | eleven o’clock P.M. The briliant orb of day was slowly advancing
451 I, I | display was an inscription in brilliantly-coloured and artistically shaped
452 I, IV | great friendship with the brisk little Canadian woman, whose
453 I, XIV | Barnett join them and step briskly along shouldering her gun
454 II, XV | projecting surface which bristled with pyramidal or prismatic
455 I, II | interest the statesmen of Great Britain. In a word, the interests
456 I, VIII | have become, so to speak, “Britainised” — at least as much so as
457 I, XIX | Although very short, they were broad-chested and muscular. They had the
458 I, V | bearskins; you recall the broiling rays of the sun when its
459 I, XIX | grounds. The two men were her brothers; the other woman was her
460 II, IX | accompanied by one of her brothers-in-law, started for the peninsula
461 II, VIII | pressing his hand to his brow; “we must remain on our
462 I, XXII | subordinate with knitted brows. It had not occurred to
463 II, X | moss nor herbs on which to browse, roved about Cape Bathurst
464 I, XVI | and the hair for making brushes of every variety. These
465 I, XIII | consolidated with heavy blows. The brushwood with which it was originally
466 I, XXI | In vain; the monstrous brute, throwing the whole weight
467 I, XXI | get rid .of these tiresome brutes.”~“I suppose they will soon
468 II, XIV | Marbre had chosen began to bubble, and a head with long tusks
469 I, V | birches, and willows began to bud, and the redheaded ducks,
470 II, XIX | Fahrenheit—burst open the young buds; in a word, the Arctic landscape
471 I, II | Winnipeg, Superior, Methye, Buffalo, and near the Colombia,
472 I, IV | the polar districts—the buffaloes or bisons, the flesh of
473 I, I | want of music, but the “buffet” admirably supplied the
474 I, XIV | cooking.~One of these, a bulb, very difficult to classify,
475 I, XIV | hall, with no window but a bull’s eye pierced through the
476 II, XXI | feet above the water. Its bulwarks would therefore keep out
477 I, V | party. Mr and Mrs Joliffe bumped up and down every instant,
478 I, IX | of icebergs dancing like buoys upon the waves, and driven
479 I, I | captain enjoying the hurly burly, and pleased to see the
480 II, XV | ice-field with a fearful crash, bursting like a bomb-shell. Fortunately
481 I, VII | investigations. Such were Barth, Burton, Livingstone Speke, Douglas,
482 I, XII | which sometimes completely bury large buildings beneath
483 II, III | hiding amongst the stunted bushes and willows, gazed inquiringly
484 I, XVIII| to see to : Mrs Mac-Nab busied herself with her baby who
485 I, IV | Corporal Joliffe, always a busybody, exerted himself without
486 I, XVI | tribe to build the round buts .called houses or lodges,
487 I, VI | stretched and quivering, they butted at each other without a
488 I, I | slices of English bread and butter, and dainty morsels of corned
489 I, IV | the currency employed in buying and selling.~The Indians
490 I, IX | the obscurity that at a cable’s length from the boat clouds
491 II, XXII | and round the islet like a caged animal.~About five o’clock
492 II, I | could have foreseen such a calamity. He meant to build upon
493 II, VIII | of facts, he reflects, he calculates, he reckons up the time
494 I, I | of the old type, whom a Caleb might have married without
495 I, XVI | Our guns are of different calibre, and our balls can be easily
496 I, VI | stones peeped the moist calices of tiny, almost colourless,
497 I, XIII | Mac-Nab had recourse to calking, a process which seamen
498 I, XIII | it into the crevices with calking- irons and a hammer, filling
499 I, XII | American continent, properly so called-that is to say, in English America.
500 II, X | these crystals immediately calmed the waves, like the oil
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