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At length on the 8th of April, provisions, fuel, and ammunition were all safe on terra firma, and deposited in their respective places. AT LENGTH ON THE EIGHTH OF APRIL PROVISIONS FUEL AND AMMUNITION WERE ALL SAFE ON TERRA FIRMA AND DEPOSITED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES
g by describing its grandeur, the cannons in front, and statues of exquisite beauty, and the wonderful elephant that spouted water out of his trunk by day and flaming naphtha by night--all cut out of ice. He also depicted the interior, with tables, and toilette tables, mirrors, candelabra, tapers, beds, mattresses, pillows, curtains, time-pieces, chairs, playing-cards, wardrobes, completely fitted up--in fact, everything in the way of furniture that could be mentioned, and the whole entirely composed of ice. It was on Easter Sunday, the 31st of March, when the travellers installed themselves in their new abode and after holding divine service in the sitting-room, they devoted the remainder of the day to rest. Next morning they set about building the storehouses and powder magazine. This took a whole week longer, including the time spent in unloading the vessel, which was a task of considerable difficulty, as the temperature was so low, that they could not work for many hours at a time. S AFTER WORK IN THE EVENING BY DESCRIBING ITS GRANDEUR THE CANNONS IN FRONT AND STATUES OF EXQUISITE BEAUTY AND THE WONDERFUL ELEPHANT THAT SPOUTED WATER OUT OF HIS TRUNK BY DAY AND FLAMING NAPOTH BY NIGHT ALL CUT OUT OF ICE HE ALSO DEPICTED THE INTERIOR WITH TABLES AND TOILETTE TABLES MIRRORS CANDELABRA TAPERS BEDS MATTRESSES PILLOWS CURTAINS TIMEPIECES CHAIRS PLAYING CARDS WARDROBES COMPLETELY FITTED UP IN FACT EVERYTHING IN THE WAY OF FURNITURE THAT COULD BE MENTIONED AND THE WHOLE ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF ICE IT WAS ON EASTER SUNDAY THE THIRTY FIRST OF MARCH WHEN THE TRAVELLERS INSTALLED THEMSELVES IN THEIR NEW ABODE AND AFTER HOLDING DIVINE SERVICE IN THE SITTING ROOM THEY DEVOTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TO REST NEXT MORNING THEY SET ABOUT BUILDING THE STORE HOUSES AND POWDER MAGAZINE THIS TOOK A WHOLE WEEK LONGER INCLUDING THE TIME SPENT IN UNLOADING THE VESSEL WHICH WAS A TASK OF CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY AS THE TEMPERATURE WAS SO LOW THAT THEY COULD NOT WORK FOR MANY HOURS AT A TIME
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