| John Franklin - 1859 - 492 páginas
...load was reduced to little more than his personal luggage, consisting of his blanket, shoes, and gun. Previous to setting out, the whole party ate the remains...their stomachs for the fatigue of the day's journey. We left the encampment at nine, and pursued our route over a range of bleak hills. The wind having... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 páginas
...able to extract. This, although putrid, was esteemed a valuable prize, and the spine being uivided into portions was distributed equally. " After eating...them, while the rest pushed on to Fort Enterprise for succour. Not being able to find any tripe de roclie, they drank an infusion of the Labrador teaplant... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 346 páginas
...Hood was also reduced to a perfect shadow, from the severe bowel-complaints which the tripe de rocke never failed to give him. Back was so feeble as to...them, while the rest pushed on to Fort Enterprise for succour. Not being able to find any tripe de roche, they drank an infusion of the Labrador teaplant... | |
| Arctic discovery - 1799 - 424 páginas
...never seem to have lost heart or repined. " Previous to setting out," says Franklin, on one occasion, "the whole party ate the remains of their old shoes,...leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues of the day's journey. These would have satisfied us in ordinary times ; but we were now almost... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1872 - 664 páginas
...scanty ¡I lichen which they could grub up from the »ground ; and on one particular day " they ate tue remains of their old shoes, and whatever scraps of leather they had, to i strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues i of the journey." Still they did return. That which is... | |
| Thomas Frost - 1874 - 366 páginas
...rock tripe," while the cold became every • day more intense, and their strength less. On the 19th, " previous to setting out, the whole party ate the remains...leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues of the day's journey. These," says Franklin, " would have satisfied us in ordinary time, but... | |
| Peter Lund Simmonds - 1875 - 466 páginas
...being kindled a largo portion was devoured on the spot, affording an unexpected breakfast. On the 1st of October one of the party, who had been out hunting,...them, while the rest pushed on to Fort Enterprise for succour. Not being able to find any tripe de rocke, they drank an infusion of the Labrador teaplant... | |
| 1879 - 624 páginas
...while the cold became every day more intense, and their strength less. "On the 19th," says Franklin, " previous to setting out, the whole party ate the remains...leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues of the day's journey. These would have satisfied us in ordinary times, but we wero now almost... | |
| John Maw Darton - 1881 - 322 páginas
...recklessly threw away the nets. Rivers had to be crossed by wading or in the canoe. On the 1 9th, before setting out, "the whole party ate the remains of their...leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues of the day's journey. These," says Franklin, "would have satisfied us at ordinary times, but... | |
| Augustus Henry Beesly - 1881 - 300 páginas
...Nothing but tripe de roche and some scraps of roasted leather was to be had for supper. On October 6th, " the whole party ate the remains of their old shoes...leather they had, to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigues of the day," and they crept on over some hills, through deep snow, and in a piercingly keen... | |
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