...Melville Island, - -0055258 Qla Audibility of Sounds. — Captain Parry was surprised at the great distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense cold ; and, notwithstanding the frequency with which they had occasion to remark it, it always...

...judge, they possessed the same pungent aromatic taste as if grown under ordinary circumstances. • The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air during the continuance of intense cold was so great as constantly to afford matter of surprise to him, notwithstanding the frequency...

...anticipation of a comfortable breakfast, and finding that the tea, by mistake, i§ made of salt water.' The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during intense cold, afforded matter of considerable • surprise : people were often heard distinctly conversing...

...theory will be found uniformly to apply. In one of our quotations we have already adverted to the great distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the intense cold. This is more particularly noticed, however, in the following passage : " We have often...

...anticipation of a comfortable breakfast, and finding that the tea, by mistake, is made of salt water.' The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense cold, afforded matter of considerable surprise: people were often heard distinctly conversing...

...exposed to its rays ; and as the sun gradually declined, it fell again to — 40° in an hour or two. The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense cold, was so great as constantly to afford matter of surprise to us, notwithstanding the frequency...

...proved by her recent work on Africa. Miss HM WiLLiAMs,who though * We have already adverted to the great distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the immense cold. This is more particularly noticed, however, in the fallowing passage : *• We have often...

...cress for them in hii own cabin. Audibility of Sounds. — Captain Parry was surprised at (he great distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the conti. nuance of intense cold; and, notwithstanding the frequency with which they had occasion, to...

...stillness prevailed, interrupted only by the voices of the crew, or the occasional barking of the dogs. The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense frost, seems almost incredible ; persons have been distinctly heard conversing in a common...

...stillness prevailed, interrupted only by the voices of the crew, or the occasional barking of the dogs. The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense frost, seems almost incredible ; persons have been distinctly heard conversing in a common...