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"What can't be reckoned now a days? Yes, ice two inches thick will bear a man; three and a half inches, a man on horse back; five inches, an eight pounder; eight inches, field artillery; and ten inches, a whole army." WHAT CAN'T BE RECKONED NOWADAYS YES ICE TWO INCHES THICK WILL BEAR A MAN THREE AND A HALF INCHES A MAN ON HORSEBACK FIVE INCHES AND EIGHT POUNDER EIGHT INCHES FIELD ARTILLERY AND TEN INCHES A WHOLE ARMY
one in sight." "The horizon is rather misty, though." "So it is, but ever since we started, we have been on this same interminable ice-field." "Do you know, Mr. Clawbonny, that smooth as this ice is, we are going over most dangerous ground? Fathomless abysses lie beneath our feet." "That's true enough, but they won't engulph us. This white sheet over them is pretty tough, I can tell you. It is always getting thicker too; for in these latitudes, it snows nine days out of ten even in April and May; ay, and in June as well. The ice here, in some parts, cannot be less than between thirty and forty feet thick." "That sounds reassuring, at all events." said Johnson. "Yes, we're not like the skaters on the Serpentine--always in danger of falling through. This ice is strong enough to bear the weight of the Custom House in Liverpool, or the Houses of Parliament in Westminster." "Can they reckon pretty nearly what ice will bear, Mr. Clawbonny?" asked the old sailor, always eager for information. ICEBERGS IN GENERAL AND YOU SEE THERE IS NOT ONE IN SIGHT THE HORIZON IS RATHER MISTY THOUGH SO IT IS BUT EVER SINCE WE STARTED WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS SAME INTERMINABLE ICE FIELD DO YOU KNOW MISTER CLAWBONNY THAT SMOOTH AS THIS ICE IS WE ARE GOING OVER MOST DANGEROUS GROUND FATHOMLESS ABYSSES LIE BENEATH OUR FEET THAT'S TRUE ENOUGH BUT THEY WON'T ENGULF US THIS WHITE SHEET OVER THEM IS PRETTY TOUGH I CAN TELL YOU IT IS ALWAYS GETTING THICKER TOO FOR IN THESE LATITUDES IT SNOWS NINE DAYS OUT OF TEN EVEN IN APRIL AND MAY AY AND IN JUNE AS WELL THE ICE HERE IN SOME PARTS CANNOT BE LESS THAN BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY FEET THICK THAT SOUNDS REASSURING AT ALL EVENTS SAID JOHNSON YES WE'RE NOT LIKE THE SKATERS ON THE SERPENTINE ALWAYS IN DANGER OF FALLING THROUGH THIS ICE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE IN LIVERPOOL OR THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN WESTMINSTER CAN THEY RECKON PRETTY NEARLY WHAT ICE WILL BEAR MISTER CLAWBONNY ASKED THE OLD SAILOR ALWAYS EAGER FOR INFORMATION
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