| | 18758 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0001 PART ONE CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE FUR COUNTRY |
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| | 18759 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0002 BY JULES VERNE THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING |
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| | 18760 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0003 ALL LIBRIVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN |
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| | 18761 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0004 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRIVOX DOT ORG |
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| | 18762 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0005 THE FUR COUNTRY BY JULES VERNE PART ONE CHAPTER SEVEN |
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| | 18763 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0006 THE ARCTIC CIRCLE THE EXPEDITION CONTINUED TO ADVANCE TOWARDS THE NORTH WEST |
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| | 18764 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0007 BUT THE GREAT INEQUALITIES OF THE GROUND |
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| | 18765 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0008 MADE IT HARD WORK FOR THE DOGS TO GET ALONG |
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| | 18766 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0009 AND THE POOR CREATURES WHO COULD HARDLY BE HELD IN WHEN THEY STARTED |
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| | 18767 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0010 WERE NOW QUIET ENOUGH |
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| | 18768 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0011 EIGHT OR TEN MILES A DAY WERE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH |
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| | 18769 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0012 ALTHOUGH LIEUTENANT HOBSON URGED THEM ON TO THE UTMOST |
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| | 18770 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0013 HE WAS ANXIOUS TO GET TO FORT CONFIDENCE |
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| | 18771 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0014 ON THE FURTHER SIDE OF THE GREAT BEAR LAKE |
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| | 18772 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0015 WHERE HE HOPED TO OBTAIN SOME USEFUL INFORMATION |
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| | 18773 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0016 HAD THE INDIANS FREQUENTING THE NORTHERN BANKS OF THE LAKE |
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| | 18774 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0017 BEEN ABLE TO CROSS THE DISTRICTS ON THE SHORES OF THE SEA |
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| | 18775 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0018 WAS THE ARCTIC OCEAN OPEN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR |
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| | 18776 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0019 THESE WERE GRAVE QUESTIONS THE REPLY TO WHICH |
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| | 18777 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0020 WOULD DECIDE THE FATE OF THE NEW FACTORY |
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| | 18778 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0021 THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THE LITTLE TROOP WAS NOW PASSING |
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| | 18779 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0022 WAS INTERSECTED BY NUMEROUS STREAMS MOSTLY TRIBUTARIES OF THE TWO LARGE RIVERS |
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| | 18780 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0023 THE MACKENZIE AND COPPERMINE WHICH FLOW FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH |
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| | 18781 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0024 AND EMPTY THEMSELVES INTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN LAKES LAGOONS AND NUMEROUS POOLS |
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| | 18782 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0025 ARE FORMED BETWEEN THESE TWO PRINCIPAL ARTERIES |
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| | 18783 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0026 AND AS THEY WERE NO LONGER FROZEN OVER |
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| | 18784 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0027 THE SLEDGES COULD NOT VENTURE UPON THEM |
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| | 18785 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0028 AND WERE COMPELLED TO GO AROUND THEM WHICH CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DELAY |
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| | 18786 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0029 LIEUTENANT HOBSON WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT IN SAYING |
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| | 18787 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0030 THAT WINTER IS THE TIME TO VISIT THE HYPERBOREAN REGIONS |
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| | 18788 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0031 FOR THEY ARE THEN FAR EASIER TO TRAVERSE |
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| | 18789 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0032 MRS PAULINA BARNETT HAD REASON TO OWN |
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| | 18790 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0033 THE JUSTICE OF THIS ASSERTION THAN ONCE |
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| | 18791 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0034 THIS REGION INCLUDED IN THE CURSED LAND WAS BESIDES COMPLETELY DESERTED |
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| | 18792 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0035 AS ARE THE GREATER PORTION OF THE DISTRICTS OF THE EXTREME NORTH OF AMERICA |
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| | 18793 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0036 IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT THERE IS BUT ONE INHABITANT TO EVERY TEN SQUARE MILES |
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| | 18794 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0037 BESIDES THE SCATTERED NATIVES THERE ARE SOME FEW THOUSAND AGENTS OR SOLDIERS |
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| | 18795 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0038 OF THE DIFFERENT FUR TRADING COMPANIES BUT THEY MOSTLY CONGREGATE IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS |
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| | 18796 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0039 AND ABOUT THE VARIOUS FACTORIES NO HUMAN FOOTPRINTS GLADDENED THE EYES OF THE TRAVELLERS |
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| | 18797 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0040 THE ONLY TRACES ON THE SANDY SOIL WERE THOSE OF RUMINANTS AND RODENTS |
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| | 18798 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0041 NOW AND THEN A FIERCE POLAR BEAR WAS SEEN |
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| | 18799 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0042 AND MRS PAULINA BARNETT EXPRESSED HER SURPRISE |
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| | 18800 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0043 AT NOT MEETING MORE OF THESE TERRIBLE CARNIVOROUS BEASTS |
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| | 18801 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0044 OF WHOSE DAILY ATTACKS ON WHALERS AND PERSONS SHIPWRECKED IN BAFFIN'S BAY |
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| | 18802 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0045 AND ON THE COASTS OF GREENLAND AND SPITZBERGEN |
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| | 18803 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0046 SHE HAD READ IN THE ACCOUNTS OF THOSE |
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| | 18804 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0047 WHO HAD WINTERED IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS WAIT FOR THE WINTER MADAM |
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| | 18805 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0048 REPLIED THE LIEUTENANT WAIT TILL THE COLD MAKES THEM HUNGRY |
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| | 18806 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0049 AND THEN YOU WILL PERHAPS SEE AS MANY AS YOU CARE ABOUT |
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| | 18807 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0050 ON THE TWENTY THIRD MAY AFTER A LONG AND FATIGUING JOURNEY |
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| | 18808 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0051 THE EXPEDITION AT LAST REACHED THE ARCTIC CIRCLE |
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| | 18809 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0052 WE KNOW THAT THIS LATITUDE |
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| | 18810 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0053 TWENTY THREE DEGREES TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES FIFTY SEVEN SECONDS FROM THE NORTH POLE |
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| | 18811 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0054 FORMS THE MATHEMATICAL LIMIT |
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| | 18812 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0055 BEYOND WHICH THE RAYS OF THE SUN DO NOT PENETRATE IN THE WINTER |
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| | 18813 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0056 WHEN THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF THE GLOBE ARE TURNED AWAY FROM THE ORB OF DAY |
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| | 18814 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0057 HERE THEN THE TRAVELLERS ENTERED THE TRUE ARCTIC REGION |
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| | 18815 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0058 THE NORTHERN FRIGID ZONE THE LATITUDE HAD BEEN VERY CAREFULLY OBTAINED |
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| | 18816 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0059 BY MEANS OF MOST ACCURATE INSTRUMENTS |
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| | 18817 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0060 WHICH WERE HANDLED WITH EQUAL SKILL BY THE ASTRONOMER |
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| | 18818 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0061 AND BY LIEUTENANT HOBSON MRS BARNETT WAS PRESENT AT THE OPERATION |
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| | 18819 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0062 AND HAD THE SATISFACTION OF HEARING |
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| | 18820 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0063 THAT SHE WAS AT LAST ABOUT TO CROSS THE ARCTIC CIRCLE |
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| | 18821 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0064 IT WAS WITH A FEELING OF JUST PRIDE THAT SHE RECEIVED THE INTELLIGENCE |
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| | 18822 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0065 YOU HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE TWO TORRID ZONES IN YOUR PREVIOUS JOURNEYS |
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| | 18823 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0066 SAID THE LIEUTENANT AND NOW YOU ARE ON THE VERGE OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE |
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| | 18824 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0067 FEW EXPLORERS HAVE VENTURED INTO SUCH TOTALLY DIFFERENT REGIONS |
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| | 18825 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0068 SOME SO TO SPEAK HAVE A SPECIALTY FOR HOT COUNTRIES |
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| | 18826 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0069 AND CHOOSE AFRICA OR AUSTRALIA AS THE FIELD FOR THEIR INVESTIGATIONS |
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| | 18827 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0070 SUCH WERE BARTH BURTON LIVINGSTONE SPEKE DOUGLAS STUART ETC |
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| | 18828 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0071 OTHERS ON THE CONTRARY HAVE A PASSION FOR THE ARCTIC REGIONS |
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| | 18829 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0072 STILL SO LITTLE KNOWN MACKENZIE FRANKLIN PENNY KANE PARRY RAE ETC |
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| | 18830 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0073 PRECEDED US ON OUR PRESENT JOURNEY BUT WE MUST CONGRATULATE YOU MRS BARNETT |
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| | 18831 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0074 ON BEING A MORE COSMOPOLITAN TRAVELLER THAN ALL OF THEM |
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| | 18832 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0075 I MUST SEE EVERYTHING OR AT LEAST TRY TO SEE EVERYTHING LIEUTENANT |
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| | 18833 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0076 REPLIED MRS PAULINA AND I THINK THE DANGERS AND DIFFICULTIES |
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| | 18834 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0077 ARE ABOUT EQUAL EVERYWHERE |
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| | 18835 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0078 ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT TO DREAD THE FEVERS OF THE UNHEALTHY TORRID REGIONS |
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| | 18836 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0079 OR THE ATTACKS OF THE FIERCE BLACK RACES IN THIS FRIGID ZONE |
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| | 18837 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0080 THE COLD IS A NO LESS FORMIDABLE ENEMY |
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| | 18838 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0081 AND I SUSPECT THAT THE WHITE BEARS WE ARE LIABLE TO MEET WITH HERE |
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| | 18839 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0082 WILL GIVE US QUITE AS WARM A RECEPTION AS WOULD THE TIERS OF THIBET |
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| | 18840 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0083 OR THE LIONS OF AFRICA IN TORRID AND FRIGID ZONES ALIKE |
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| | 18841 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0084 THERE ARE VAST UNEXPLORED TRACTS WHICH WILL LONG DEFY THE EFFORTS OF THE BOLDEST ADVENTURERS |
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| | 18842 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0085 YES MADAM REPLIED JASPAR HOBSON BUT I THINK THE HYPERBOREAN REGIONS |
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| | 18843 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0086 WILL LONGER RESIST THOROUGH EXPLORATION THE NATIVES ARE THE CHIEF OBSTACLE IN TROPICAL REGIONS |
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| | 18844 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0087 AND I AM WELL AWARE HOW MANY TRAVELLERS HAVE FALLEN VICTIMS TO SAVAGES |
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| | 18845 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0088 BUT CIVILISATION WILL NECESSARILY SUBDUE THE WILD RACES SOONER OR LATER |
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| | 18846 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0089 WHEREAS IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ZONES IT IS NOT THE INHABITANTS |
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| | 18847 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0090 WHO ARREST THE PROGRESS OF THE EXPLORER BUT NATURE HERSELF |
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| | 18848 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0091 WHO REPELS THOSE WHO APPROACH HER |
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| | 18849 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0092 AND PARALYSES THEIR ENERGIES WITH THE BITTER COLD |
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| | 18850 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0093 YOU THINK THEN THAT THE SECRETS OF THE MOST REMOTE DISTRICTS OF AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA |
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| | 18851 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0094 WILL HAVE BEEN FATHOMED BEFORE THE FRIGID ZONE HAS BEEN ENTIRELY EXAMINED |
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| | 18852 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0095 YES MADAM REPLIED THE LIEUTENANT AND I THINK MY OPINION IS FOUNDED ON FACTS |
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| | 18853 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0096 THE MOST INTREPID DISCOVERERS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS PARRY PENNY FRANKLIN |
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| | 18854 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0097 MCCLURE DANE AND MORTON DID NOT GET BEYOND EIGHTY THREE DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE |
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| | 18855 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0098 SEVEN DEGREES FROM THE POLE |
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| | 18856 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0099 WHEREAS AUSTRALIA HAS SEVERAL TIMES BEEN CROSSED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY THE BOLD STUART |
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| | 18857 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0100 AND EVEN AFRICA WITH ALL ITS TERRORS WAS TRAVERSED BY LIVINGSTONE |
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| | 18858 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0101 FROM THE BAY OF LOANGA TO THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI |
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| | 18859 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0102 WE ARE THEREFORE NEARER TO GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE EQUATORIAL COUNTRIES THAN OF THE POLAR DISTRICTS |
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| | 18860 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0103 DO YOU THINK THAT THE POLE ITSELF WILL EVER BE REACHED BY MAN |
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| | 18861 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0104 INQUIRED MRS PAULINA BARNETT CERTAINLY REPLIED HOBSON ADDING WITH A SMILE |
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| | 18862 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0105 BY MAN OR WOMAN BUT I THINK OTHER MEANS MUST BE TRIED OF REACHING THIS POINT |
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| | 18863 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0106 WHERE ALL THE MERIDIANS OF THE GLOBE CROSS EACH OTHER |
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| | 18864 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0107 THAN THOSE HITHERTO ADOPTED BY TRAVELLERS |
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| | 18865 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0108 WE HEAR OF THE OPEN SEA OF WHICH CERTAIN EXPLORERS |
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| | 18866 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0109 ARE SAID TO HAVE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE |
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| | 18867 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0110 BUT IF SUCH A SEA FREE FROM ICE REALLY EXIST |
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| | 18868 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0111 IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AT AND NO ONE CAN SAY POSITIVELY |
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| | 18869 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0112 WHETHER IT EXTENDS TO THE NORTH POLE |
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| | 18870 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0113 FOR MY PART I THINK AN OPEN SEA WOULD INCREASE RATHER THAN LESSEN THE DIFFICULTIES OF EXPLORERS |
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| | 18871 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0114 AS FOR ME I WOULD RATHER COUNT UPON FIRM FOOTING |
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| | 18872 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0115 WHETHER ON ICE OR ROCK ALL THE WAY |
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| | 18873 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0116 THEN I WOULD ORGANISE SUCCESSIVE EXPEDITIONS ESTABLISHING DEPOTS OF PROVISIONS |
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| | 18874 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0117 AND FUEL NEARER AND NEARER TO THE POLE |
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| | 18875 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0118 AND SO WITH PLENTY OF TIME PLENTY OF MONEY |
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| | 18876 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0119 AND PERHAPS THE SACRIFICE OF A GOOD MANY LIVES |
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| | 18877 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0120 I SHOULD IN THE END SOLVE THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM |
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| | 18878 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0121 I SHOULD I THINK AT LAST REACH THE HITHERTO INACCESSIBLE GOAL |
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| | 18879 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0122 I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT LIEUTENANT SAID MRS BARNETT |
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| | 18880 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0123 AND IF EVER YOU TRY THE EXPERIMENT |
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| | 18881 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0124 I SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO JOIN YOU AND |
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| | 18882 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0125 WOULD GLADLY GO TO SET UP THE UNION JACK AT THE NORTH POLE |
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| | 18883 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0126 BUT THAT IS NOT OUR PRESENT OBJECT NOT OUR IMMEDIATE OBJECT MADAM |
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| | 18884 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0127 REPLIED HOBSON BUT WHEN ONCE THE PROJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE REALISED |
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| | 18885 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0128 WHEN THE NEW FORT HAS BEEN ERECTED ON THE CONFINES OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT |
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| | 18886 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0129 IT MAY BECOME THE NATURAL STARTING POINT OF ALL EXPEDITIONS TO THE NORTH |
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| | 18887 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0130 BESIDES SHOULD THE FUR YIELDING ANIMALS TOO ZEALOUSLY HUNTED |
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| | 18888 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0131 TAKE REFUGE AT THE POLE WE SHOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM |
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| | 18889 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0132 UNLESS COSTLY FURS SHOULD GO OUT OF FASHION REPLIED MRS BARNETT |
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| | 18890 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0133 O MADAM CRIED THE LIEUTENANT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME PRETTY WOMAN |
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| | 18891 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0134 WHOSE WISH FOR A SABLE MUFF OR AN ERMINE TIPPET |
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| | 18892 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0135 MUST BE GRATIFIED I AM AFRAID SO SAID MRS BARNETT LAUGHING |
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| | 18893 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0136 AND PROBABLY THE FIRST DISCOVERER OF THE POLE |
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| | 18894 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0137 WILL HAVE BEEN LED THITHER IN PURSUIT OF A SABLE OR A SILVER FOX |
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| | 18895 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0138 THAT IS MY CONVICTION REPLIED HOBSON SUCH IS HUMAN NATURE |
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| | 18896 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0139 AND GREED OF GAIN WILL ALWAYS CARRY A MAN FURTHER THAN ZEAL FOR SCIENCE |
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| | 18897 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0140 WHAT DO YOU UTTER SUCH SENTIMENTS EXCLAIMED MRS BARNETT WELL MADAM |
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| | 18898 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0141 WHAT AM I BUT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY |
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| | 18899 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0142 AND DOES THE COMPANY RISK ITS CAPITAL AND AGENTS |
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| | 18900 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0143 WITH ANY OTHER HOPE THAN AN INCREASE OF PROFITS |
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| | 18901 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0144 LIEUTENANT HOBSON SAID MRS BARNETT |
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| | 18902 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0145 I THINK I KNOW YOU WELL ENOUGH TO ASSERT THAT ON OCCASION YOU WOULD BE READY TO DEVOTE BODY AND SOUL TO SCIENCE |
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| | 18903 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0146 IF A PURELY GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTION CALLED YOU TO THE POLE |
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| | 18904 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0147 I FEEL SURE YOU WOULD NOT HESITATE TO GO BUT |
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| | 18905 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0148 SHE ADDED WITH A SMILE THE SOLUTION OF THIS GREAT PROBLEM |
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| | 18906 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0149 IS STILL FAR DISTANT WE HAVE BUT JUST REACHED THE VERGE OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE BUT |
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| | 18907 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0150 I HOPE WE MAY CROSS IT WITHOUT ANY VERY GREAT DIFFICULTY |
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| | 18908 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0151 THAT I FEAR IS DOUBTFUL SAID THE LIEUTENANT |
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| | 18909 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0152 WHO HAD BEEN ATTENTIVELY EXAMINING THE SKY DURING THEIR CONVERSATION |
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| | 18910 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0153 THE WEATHER HAS LOOKED THREATENING FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS |
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| | 18911 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0154 LOOK AT THE UNIFORMLY GREY HUE OF THE HEAVENS |
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| | 18912 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0155 THAT MIST WILL PRESENTLY RESOLVE ITSELF INTO SNOW |
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| | 18913 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0156 AND IF THE WIND SHOULD RISE EVER SO LITTLE |
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| | 18914 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0157 WE SHALL HAVE TO BATTLE WITH A FEARFUL STORM |
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| | 18915 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0158 I WISH WE WERE AT THE GREAT BEAR LAKE |
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| | 18916 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0159 DO NOT LET US LOSE ANY TIME THEN |
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| | 18917 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0160 SAID MRS BARNETT RISING GIVE THE SIGNAL TO START AT ONCE |
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| | 18918 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0161 THE LIEUTENANT NEEDED NO URGING |
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| | 18919 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0162 HAD HE BEEN ALONE OR ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW MEN AS ENERGETIC AS HIMSELF |
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| | 18920 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0163 HE WOULD HAVE PRESSED ON DAY AND NIGHT |
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| | 18921 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0164 BUT HE WAS OBLIGED TO MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THE FATIGUE OF OTHERS |
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| | 18922 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0165 ALTHOUGH HE NEVER SPARED HIMSELF |
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| | 18923 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0166 HE THEREFORE GRANTED A FEW HOURS OF REST TO HIS LITTLE PARTY |
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| | 18924 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0167 AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THREE IN THE AFTERNOON THAT THEY AGAIN SET |
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| | 18925 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0168 OUT JASPAR HOBSON WAS NOT MISTAKEN IN PROPHESYING A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER |
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| | 18926 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0169 IT CAME VERY SOON DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE SAME DAY |
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| | 18927 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0170 THE MIST BECAME THICKER AND ASSUMED A YELLOWISH AND THREATENING HUE |
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| | 18928 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0171 THE LIEUTENANT ALTHOUGH VERY UNEASY ALLOWED NONE OF HIS ANXIETY TO APPEAR |
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| | 18929 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0172 BUT HAD A LONG CONSULTATION WITH SERGEANT LONG |
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| | 18930 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0173 WHILST THE DOGS OF HIS SLEDGE WERE LABORIOUSLY PREPARING TO START |
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| | 18931 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0174 UNFORTUNATELY THE DISTRICT NOW TO BE TRAVERSED WAS VERY UNSUITABLE FOR SLEDGES |
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| | 18932 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0175 THE GROUND WAS VERY UNEVEN RAVINES WERE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE |
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| | 18933 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0176 AND MASSES OF GRANITE OR HALF THAWED ICEBERGS |
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| | 18934 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0177 BLOCKED UP THE ROAD CAUSING CONSTANT DELAY |
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| | 18935 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0178 THE POOR DOGS DID THEIR BEST |
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| | 18936 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0179 BUT THE DRIVERS WHIPS NO LONGER PRODUCED ANY EFFECT UPON THEM |
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| | 18937 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0180 AND SO THE LIEUTENANT AND HIS MEN WERE OFTEN OBLIGED TO WALK |
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| | 18938 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0181 TO REST THE EXHAUSTED ANIMALS TO PUSH THE SLEDGES |
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| | 18939 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0182 OR EVEN SOMETIMES TO LIFT THEM |
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| | 18940 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0183 WHEN THE ROUGHNESS OF THE GROUND THREATENED TO UPSET THEM |
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| | 18941 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0184 THE INCESSANT FATIGUE WAS HOWEVER BORNE BY ALL WITHOUT A MURMUR |
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| | 18942 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0185 THOMAS BLACK ALONE ABSORBED IN HIS ONE IDEA |
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| | 18943 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0186 NEVER GOT OUT OF HIS SLEDGE AND INDEED |
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| | 18944 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0187 BE WAS SO CORPULENT THAT ALL EXERTION WAS DISAGREEABLE TO HIM |
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| | 18945 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0188 THE NATURE OF THE SOIL CHANGED FROM THE MOMENT |
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| | 18946 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0189 OF ENTERING THE ARCTIC CIRCLE SOME GEOLOGICAL CONVULSION HAD EVIDENTLY UPHEAVED |
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| | 18947 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0190 THE ENORMOUS BLOCKS STREWN UPON THE SURFACE THE VEGETATION TOO |
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| | 18948 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0191 WAS OF A MORE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER |
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| | 18949 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0192 WHEREVER THEY WERE SHELTERED FROM THE KEEN NORTH WINDS |
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| | 18950 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0193 THE FLANKS OF THE HILLS WERE CLOTHED NOT ONLY WITH SHRUBS |
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| | 18951 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0194 BUT WITH LARGE TREES ALL OF THE SAME SPECIES |
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| | 18952 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0195 PINES WILLOWS AND FIRS PROVING BY THEIR PRESENCE |
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| | 18953 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0196 THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VEGETATIVE FORCE IS RETAINED |
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| | 18954 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0197 EVEN IN THE FRIGID ZONE JASPAR HOBSON |
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| | 18955 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0198 HOPED TO FIND SUCH SPECIMENS OF THE ARCTIC FLORA |
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| | 18956 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0199 EVEN ON THE VERGE OF THE POLAR SEA |
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| | 18957 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0200 FOR THESE TREES WOULD SUPPLY HIM WITH WOOD TO BUILD HIS FORT |
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| | 18958 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0201 AND FUEL TO WARM ITS INHABITANTS |
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| | 18959 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0202 THE SAME THOUGHT PASSED THROUGH THE MINDS OF HIS COMPANIONS |
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| | 18960 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0203 AND THEY COULD NOT HELP WONDERING AT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS COMPARATIVELY FERTILE REGION |
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| | 18961 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0204 AND THE LONG WHITE PLAINS STRETCHING BETWEEN THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE |
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| | 18962 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0205 AND FORT ENTERPRISE AT NIGHT THE YELLOW MIST BECAME MORE OPAQUE |
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| | 18963 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0206 THE WIND ROSE THE SNOW BEGAN TO FALL IN LARGE FLAKES |
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| | 18964 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0207 AND THE GROUND WAS SOON COVERED WITH A THICK WHITE CARPET |
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| | 18965 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0208 IN LESS THAN AN HOUR THE SNOW WAS A FOOT DEEP |
|---|
| | 18966 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0209 AND AS IT DID NOT FREEZE BUT REMAINED IN A LIQUID STATE |
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| | 18967 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0210 THE SLEDGES COULD ONLY ADVANCE WITH EXTREME DIFFICULTY |
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| | 18968 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0211 THE CURVED FRONTS STUCK IN THE SOFT SUBSTANCE |
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| | 18969 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0212 AND THE DOGS WERE OBLIGED TO STOP AGAIN AND AGAIN |
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| | 18970 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0213 TOWARDS EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING THE WIND BECAME VERY BOISTEROUS |
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| | 18971 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0214 THE SNOW DRIVEN BEFORE IT WAS FLUNG UPON THE GROUND |
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| | 18972 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0215 OR WHIRLED IN THE AIR FORMING ONE HUGE WHIRLPOOL |
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| | 18973 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0216 THE DOGS BEATEN BACK BY THE SQUALL AND BLINDED WITH SNOW |
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| | 18974 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0217 COULD ADVANCE NO FURTHER THE PARTY WAS THEN IN A NARROW GORGE BETWEEN HUGE ICEBERGS |
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| | 18975 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0218 OVER WHICH THE STORM RAGED WITH FEARFUL FURY PIECES OF ICE |
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| | 18976 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0219 BROKEN OFF BY THE HURRICANE WERE HURLED INTO THE PASS |
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| | 18977 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0220 PARTIAL AVALANCHES ANY ONE OF WHICH |
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| | 18978 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0221 COULD HAVE CRUSHED THE SLEDGES AND THEIR INMATES |
|---|
| | 18979 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0222 ADDED TO ITS DANGERS AND TO PRESS ON BECAME IMPOSSIBLE |
|---|
| | 18980 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0223 THE LIEUTENANT NO LONGER INSISTED AND AFTER CONSULTING WITH SERGEANT LONG |
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| | 18981 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0224 GAVE THE ORDER TO HALT |
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| | 18982 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0225 IT WAS NOW NECESSARY TO FIND A SHELTER FROM THE SNOW DRIFT |
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| | 18983 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0226 BUT THIS WAS NO DIFFICULT MATTER TO MEN ACCUSTOMED TO POLAR EXPEDITIONS |
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| | 18984 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0227 JASPAR HOBSON AND HIS MEN KNEW WELL WHAT THEY HAD TO DO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES |
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| | 18985 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0228 IT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD BEEN SURPRISED BY A TEMPEST |
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| | 18986 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0229 SOME HUNDRED MILES FROM THE FORTS OF THE COMPANY |
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| | 18987 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0230 WITHOUT SO MUCH AS AN ESQUIMAUX HUT |
|---|
| | 18988 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0231 OR INDIAN HOVEL IN WHICH TO LAY THEIR HEADS TO |
|---|
| | 18989 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0232 THE ICEBERGS TO THE ICEBERGS CRIED JASPAR HOBSON |
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| | 18990 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0233 EVERY ONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE MEANT |
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| | 18991 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0234 SNOW HOUSES WERE TO BE HOLLOWED OUT OF THE FROZEN MASSES |
|---|
| | 18992 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0235 OR RATHER HOLES WERE TO BE DUG IN WHICH EACH PERSON |
|---|
| | 18993 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0236 COULD COWER UNTIL THE STORM WAS OVER KNIVES AND HATCHETS |
|---|
| | 18994 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0237 WERE SOON AT WORK ON THE BRITTLE MASSES OF ICE |
|---|
| | 18995 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0238 AND IN THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR |
|---|
| | 18996 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0239 SOME TEN DENS HAD BEEN SCOOPED OUT LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN TWO OR THREE PERSONS EACH |
|---|
| | 18997 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0240 THE DOGS WERE LEFT TO THEMSELVES |
|---|
| | 18998 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0241 THEIR OWN INSTINCT LEADING THEM TO FIND SUFFICIENT SHELTER UNDER THE SNOW |
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| | 18999 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0242 BEFORE TEN O'CLOCK ALL THE TRAVELLERS WERE CROUCHING IN THE SNOW HOUSES |
|---|
| | 19000 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0243 IN GROUPS OF TWO OR THREE EACH CHOOSING CONGENIAL COMPANIONS |
|---|
| | 19001 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0244 MRS BARNETT MADGE AND LIEUTENANT HOBSON OCCUPIED ONE HUT |
|---|
| | 19002 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0245 THOMAS BLACK AND SERGEANT LONG ANOTHER AND SO ON |
|---|
| | 19003 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0246 THESE RETREATS WERE WARM IF NOT COMFORTABLE |
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| | 19004 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0247 AND THE ESQUIMAUX AND INDIANS HAVE NO OTHER REFUGE EVEN IN THE BITTEREST COLD |
|---|
| | 19005 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0248 THE ADVENTURERS COULD THEREFORE FEARLESSLY AWAIT THE END OF THE STORM |
|---|
| | 19006 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0249 AS LONG AS THEY TOOK CARE NOT TO LET THE OPENINGS OF THEIR HOLES |
|---|
| | 19007 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0250 BECOME BLOCKED UP WITH THE SNOW |
|---|
| | 19008 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0251 WHICH THEY HAD TO SHOVEL AWAY EVERY HALF HOUR |
|---|
| | 19009 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0252 SO VIOLENT WAS THE STORM THAT EVEN THE LIEUTENANT AND HIS SOLDIERS |
|---|
| | 19010 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0253 COULD SCARCELY SET FOOT OUTSIDE FORTUNATELY ALL WERE PROVIDED WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD |
|---|
| | 19011 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0254 AND WERE ABLE TO ENDURE THEIR BEAVER LIKE EXISTENCE |
|---|
| | 19012 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0255 WITHOUT SUFFERING FROM COLD OR HUNGER |
|---|
| | 19013 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0256 FOR FORTY EIGHT HOURS THE FURY OF THE TEMPEST CONTINUED TO INCREASE |
|---|
| | 19014 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0257 THE WIND ROARED IN THE NARROW PASS |
|---|
| | 19015 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0258 AND TORE OFF THE TOPS OF THE ICEBERGS |
|---|
| | 19016 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0259 LOUD REPORTS REPEATED TWENTY TIMES BY THE ECHOES |
|---|
| | 19017 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0260 GAVE NOTICE OF THE FALL OF AVALANCHES AND JASPAR HOBSON |
|---|
| | 19018 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0261 BEGAN TO FEAR THAT HIS FURTHER PROGRESS |
|---|
| | 19019 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0262 WOULD BE BARRED BY THE MASSES OF DEBRIS ACCUMULATED BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS |
|---|
| | 19020 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0263 OTHER SOUNDS MINGLED WITH THESE REPORTS WHICH LIEUTENANT HOBSON KNEW TOO WELL |
|---|
| | 19021 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0264 AND HE DID NOT DISGUISE FROM MRS BARNETT |
|---|
| | 19022 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0265 THAT BEARS WERE PROWLING ABOUT THE PASS |
|---|
| | 19023 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0266 BUT FORTUNATELY THESE TERRIBLE ANIMALS WERE TOO MUCH OCCUPIED WITH THEIR OWN CONCERNS |
|---|
| | 19024 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0267 TO DISCOVER THE RETREAT OF THE TRAVELLERS |
|---|
| | 19025 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0268 NEITHER THE DOGS NOR THE SLEDGES BURIED IN THE SNOW |
|---|
| | 19026 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0269 ATTRACTED THEIR ATTENTION AND THEY PASSED ON WITHOUT DOING ANY HARM |
|---|
| | 19027 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0270 THE LAST NIGHT THAT OF THE TWENTY FIFTH OR TWENTY SIXTH MAY |
|---|
| | 19028 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0271 WAS EVEN MORE TERRIBLE SO GREAT WAS THE FURY OF THE HURRICANE |
|---|
| | 19029 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0272 THAT A GENERAL OVERTHROW OF ICEBERGS APPEARED IMMINENT A FEARFUL DEATH |
|---|
| | 19030 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0273 WOULD THEN HAVE AWAITED THE UNFORTUNATE TRAVELLERS |
|---|
| | 19031 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0274 BENEATH THE RUINS OF THE BROKEN MASSES |
|---|
| | 19032 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0275 THE BLOCKS OF ICE CRACKED WITH AN AWFUL NOISE |
|---|
| | 19033 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0276 AND CERTAIN OSCILLATIONS GAVE WARNING THAT BREACHES HAD BEEN MADE |
|---|
| | 19034 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0277 THREATENING THEIR SOLIDITY HOWEVER NO GREAT CRASH OCCURRED |
|---|
| | 19035 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0278 THE HUGE MOUNTAINS REMAINED INTACT AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE NIGHT |
|---|
| | 19036 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0279 ONE OF THOSE SUDDEN CHANGES SO FREQUENT IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS TOOK PLACE |
|---|
| | 19037 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0280 THE TEMPEST CEASED SUDDENLY BENEATH THE INFLUENCE OF INTENSE COLD |
|---|
| | 19038 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0281 AND WITH THE FIRST DAWN OF DAY PEACE WAS RESTORED |
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| | 19039 | starlite-20070618-fur7/mfc/fur0282 END OF CHAPTER SEVEN |
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