. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. S88 I'lCTUltE OF AN INTKfJlOR Kvt;rytliinp acknowledijod tlio niijijht of tho stornj; but as yet the adventurers had not been iliHtuibwl, thou;,'li Hurroiiiidcd by mountains of ice heavy enough, if driven against tlieir iin(!Hin|)incnt, to have crushod thoin to atoms. Thus far they had floated safely, but the position was one to cause reflec
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. S88 I'lCTUltE OF AN INTKfJlOR Kvt;rytliinp acknowledijod tlio niijijht of tho stornj; but as yet the adventurers had not been iliHtuibwl, thou;,'li Hurroiiiidcd by mountains of ice heavy enough, if driven against tlieir iin(!Hin|)incnt, to have crushod thoin to atoms. Thus far they had floated safely, but the position was one to cause reflection : at some time or other the ice must break up, they knew; but whether they wouhl survive tho catastrophe was beyond conjecture. Tiiey could only wait and hope. Here is a picture of the interior of one of the igloes, or snow-huts :— " Joe and Hannah are sitting in front of the lamp, playing checkers on an old piece ot. canvas, the squares being marked out with Tyson's pencil. They use buttons for men, as they have nothing better. The natives easily learn any sort of game ; some of them can even play a respectable game of chess; and cards they understand aa well as the ' heathen Chinee.' Cards go wherever sailors go, and the first lessons that the natives of any uncivilized country get are usually from sailors. " Little Puney, Joe and Hannah's adopted child, a li' Ae girl, is sitting wrapped in a musk-ox skin ; every few minutes she says to her mother,' I am so hungry !' The children often cry with hunger. It makes one's heart ache, but they are obliged to bear it with the ; The gale continued on the 2nd, with blinding showers of snow—fine, penetrating, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London; New York : T. Nelson
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