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He amused his companions 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 naphtha by night  all cut out of ice. HE AMUSED HIS COMPANIONS 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 Porpoise. The Doctor was highly delighted with his performance when all was finished, for though it would have been difficult to say to what style of architecture it belonged, it was strong, and that was the chief thing. The next business was to move in all the furniture of the Porpoise. The beds were brought first and laid down round the large stove in the sleeping room; then came chairs, tables, arm-chairs, cupboards, and benches for the sitting-room, and finally the ship furnaces and cooking utensils for the kitchen. Sails spread on the ground did duty for carpets, and also served for inner doors. [Illustration: ] The walls of the house were over five feet thick, and the windows resembled port-holes for cannon. Every part was as solid as possible, and what more was wanted? Yet if the Doctor could have had his way, he would have made all manner of ornamental additions, in humble imitation of the Ice Palace built in St. Petersburgh in January, 1740, of which he had read an account. ONG DOOR TAKEN FROM THE CABIN OF THE PORPOISE THE DOCTOR WAS HIGHLY DELIGHTED WITH HIS PERFORMANCE WHEN ALL WAS FINISHED FOR THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IT BELONGED IT WAS STRONG AND THAT WAS THE CHIEF THING THE NEXT BUSINESS WAS TO MOVE IN ALL THE FURNITURE OF THE PORPOISE THE BEDS WERE BROUGHT FIRST AND LAID DOWN ROUND THE LARGE STOVE IN THE SLEEPING ROOM THEN CAME CHAIRS TABLES ARMCHAIRS CUPBOARDS AND BENCHES FOR THE SITTING ROOM AND FINALLY THE SHIP FURNACES AND COOKING UTENSILS FOR THE KITCHEN SAILS SPREAD ON THE GROUND DID DUTY FOR CARPETS AND ALSO SERVED FOR INNER DOORS THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE WERE OVER FIVE FEET THICK AND THE WINDOWS RESEMBLED PORT HOLES FOR CANNON EVERY PART WAS AS SOLID AS POSSIBLE AND WHAT MORE WAS WANTED YET IF THE DOCTOR COULD HAVE HAD HIS WAY HE WOULD HAVE MADE ALL MANNER OF ORNAMENTAL EDITIONS IN HUMBLE IMITATION OF THE ICE PALACE BUILT IN SAINT PETERSBURG IN JANUARY SEVENTEEN FORTY OF WHICH HE HAD READ AN ACCOUNT
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