| 1823 - 584 Seiten
...following is the simple and unostentatious manner in which Captain F. records their daily endurance : — " Our blankets did not suffice this evening to keep...the dark, and we went to bed, and kept up a cheerful com creation until our blankets were thawed by the heat of our bodies, and we had gathered sufficient... | |
| William Jerdan - 1831 - 472 Seiten
...the snow, were greedily devoured. Capt. Franklin thus describes another day, the sample of many: " The first operation, after encamping, was to thaw...daily occurrences, and evening prayers were read. As soon.as supper was prepared, it was eaten, generally in the dark, and we went to bed, and kept'up a... | |
| William Joseph Snelling - 1831 - 552 Seiten
...without fire, in such weather. The first operation after encamping was to thaw their frozen mocasins, if a sufficient fire could be made ; and dry ones were put on. They then laid down and conversed till their blankets were thawed by the heat of their bodies, and... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1833 - 476 Seiten
...and the slightest breeze pierced through their debilitated frames. " The reader," says Franklin, " will probably be desirous to know how we passed our...our frozen shoes, if a sufficient fire could be made ; dry ones were then put on. Each person then wrote his notes of the daily 222 INSUBORDINATION. occurrences,... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 Seiten
...warm, and the slightest breeze pierced through their debilitated frames. ''The wader," says Franklin, " will probably be desirous to know how we passed our...our frozen shoes, if a sufficient fire could be made ; dry ones were then fat on. Each person then wrote his notes of the daily occurrences, and evening... | |
| 1850 - 762 Seiten
...keep them warm, and the piercing winds reached their emaciated bodies. " The reader," says Franklin, " will probably be desirous to know how we passed our...our frozen shoes, if a sufficient fire could be made ; dry ones were then put on. Each person then wrote his notes of the daily occurrences, and eveniBg... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 472 Seiten
...warm, and the slightest breeze pierced through their debilitated frames. "The reader," says Franklin, "will probably be desirous to know how we passed our...frozen shoes, if a sufficient fire could be made; dry ones were then put on. Each person then wrote his notes of the daily occurrences, and evening prayers... | |
| Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1854 - 476 Seiten
...warm, and the slightest breeze pierced through their debilitated frames. "The reader," says Franklin, "will probably be desirous to know how we passed our...frozen shoes, if a sufficient fire could be made; dry ones were then put on. Each person then wrote his notes of the daily occurrences, and evening prayers... | |
| John Franklin - 1859 - 492 Seiten
...party could eat more than a few spoonfuls of it. Our blankets did not suffice this evening to keep ua in tolerable warmth ; the slightest breeze seeming...and evening prayers were read ; as soon as supper wag prepared it was eaten, generally in the dark, and we went to bed, and kept up a cheerful conversation... | |
| John Franklin - 1859 - 492 Seiten
...party could eat more than a few spoonfuls of it. Our blankets did not suffice this evening to keep ua in tolerable warmth ; the slightest breeze seeming...and evening prayers were read ; as soon as supper wag prepared it was eaten, generally in the dark, and we went to bed, and kept up a cheerful conversation... | |
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