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Just at this moment the conversation was interrupted by Hatteras, who called out that they were getting out of the straight line. The increasing mist made it difficult to keep together, and at last, about eight o'clock, they determined to come to a halt, as they had gone fifteen miles. JUST AT THIS MOMENT THE CONVERSATION WAS INTERRUPTED BY HATTERAS WHO CALLED OUT THAT THEY WERE GETTING OUT OF THE STRAIGHT LINE THE INCREASING MIST MADE IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP TOGETHER AND AT LAST ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK THEY DETERMINED TO COME TO A HALT AS THEY HAD GONE FIFTEEN MILES
eckon pretty nearly what ice will bear, Mr. Clawbonny?" asked the old sailor, always eager for information. "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." "It is difficult to conceive of such a power of resistance, but you were speaking of the incessant snow just now, and I cannot help wondering where it comes from, for the water all round is frozen, and what makes the clouds?" "That's a natural enough question, but my notion is that nearly all the snow or rain that we get here comes from the temperate zones. I fancy each of those snowflakes was originally a drop of water in some river, caught up by evaporation into the air, and wafted over here in the shape of clouds; so that it is not impossible that when we quench our thirst with the melted snow, we are actually drinking from the very rivers of our own native land. IAMENT IN WESTMINSTER CAN THEY RECKON PRETTY NEARLY WHAT ICE WILL BEAR MISTER CLAWBONNY ASKED THE OLD SAILOR ALWAYS EAGER FOR INFORMATION 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 IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONCEIVE OF SUCH A POWER OF RESISTANCE BUT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF THE INCESSANT SNOW JUST NOW AND I CANNOT HELP WONDERING WHERE IT COMES FROM FOR THE WATER ALL ROUND IS FROZEN AND WHAT MAKES THE CLOUDS THAT'S A NATURAL ENOUGH QUESTION BUT MY NOTION IS THAT NEARLY ALL THE SNOW OR RAIN THAT WE GET HERE COMES FROM THE TEMPERATE ZONES I FANCY EACH OF THOSE SNOW FLAKES WAS ORIGINALLY A DROP OF WATER IN SOME RIVER CAUGHT UP BY EVAPORATION INTO THE AIR AND WAFTED OVER HERE IN THE SHAPE OF CLOUDS SO THAT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT WHEN WE QUENCH OUR THIRST WITH THE MELTED SNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY DRINKING FROM THE VERY RIVERS OF OUR OWN NATIVE LAND
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