large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_14_verne_64kb_28
large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_14_verne_64kb
English
8765
A new world lay beneath that melting snow. But with these inoffensive animals came back their natural enemies. Foxes and wolves arrived in search of their prey, and dismal howls broke the silence of the short night. A NEW WORLD LAY BENEATH THAT MELTING SNOW BUT WITH THESE INOFFENSIVE ANIMALS CAME BACK THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES FOXES AND WOLVES ARRIVED IN SEARCH OF THEIR PREY AND DISMAL HOWLS BROKE THE SILENCE OF THE SHORT NIGHT
ppeared. The ice began to crack here and there, and jets of salt water were thrown up, like fountains in an English park. A few days later, the rain fell in torrents. Thick vapour rose from the snow, giving promise of the speedy disappearance of these immense masses. The sun's pale disc became deeper in colour, and remained longer above the horizon. The night was scarcely longer than three hours. [Illustration: ] Other tokens of spring's approach were manifest of equal significance, the birds were returning in flocks, and the air resounded with their deafening cries. Hares were seen on the shores of the bay, and mice in such abundance that their burrows completely honeycombed the ground. [Illustration: ] The Doctor drew the attention of his companions to the fact, that almost all these animals were beginning to lose their white winter dress, and would soon put on summer attire, while nature was already providing mosses, and poppies, and saxifragas, and short grass for their sustenance. HIGH AS THIRTY ONE DEGREES AND SYMPTOMS OF A THAW APPEARED THE ICE BEGAN TO CRACK HERE AND THERE AND JETS OF SALT WATER WERE THROWN UP LIKE FOUNTAINS IN AN ENGLISH PARK A FEW DAYS LATER THE RAIN FELL IN TORRENTS THICK VAPOUR ROSE FROM THE SNOW GIVING PROMISE OF THE SPEEDY DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE IMMENSE MASSES THE SUN'S PALE DISK BECAME DEEPER IN COLOR AND REMAINED LONGER ABOVE THE HORIZON THE NIGHT WAS SCARCELY LONGER THAN THREE HOURS OTHER TOKENS OF SPRING'S APPROACH WERE MANIFEST OF EQUAL SIGNIFICANCE THE BIRDS WERE RETURNING IN FLOCKS AND THE AIR RESOUNDED WITH THEIR DEAFENING CRIES HARES WERE SEEN ON THE SHORES OF THE BAY AND MICE WERE IN SUCH ABUNDANCE THAT THEIR BURROWS COMPLETELY HONEYCOMBED THE GROUND THE DOCTOR DREW THE ATTENTION OF HIS COMPANIONS TO THE FACT THAT ALMOST ALL THESE ANIMALS WERE BEGINNING TO LOSE THEIR WHITE WINTER DRESS AND WOULD SOON PUT ON SUMMER ATTIRE WHILE NATURE WAS ALREADY PROVIDING MOSSES AND POPPIES AND SAXONFRIDGES AND SHORT GRASS FOR THEIR SUSTENANCE
large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_14_verne_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/8765/captain_hatteras_2_1401_librivox_64kb_mp3/captainhatteras2_14_verne_64kb.flac