This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...case of weakness, injured health, or disease amongst them, and yet they all pursue the hot dry air principle, rushing even into extremes. The great evil here is the grossly unscientific mode of entering our domiciles by our chimneys, --in other words, by our hatchways; all other people civilized, and especially the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...case of weakness, injured health, or disease amongst them, and yet they all pursue the hot dry air principle, rushing even into extremes. The great evil here is the grossly unscientific mode of entering our domiciles by our chimneys, --in other words, by our hatchways; all other people civilized, and especially the uncivilized Esquimaux, enter by the lower levels. Experience has taught them that cold descends, and will not run up an inclined plane if any break or resistance is offered. The only mode of obviating this on shipboard is, unless an entering or timber-port be cut in bow or stern, by producing such a labyrinth to the main entrance on deck, that the intervening atmosphere shall be warmed before it reaches the hatchway, and not permitted to act on the decks; further, that all objects interfering with the radiation of heat from the galley fire 184 A She-bear And Her Cubs. December, be removed; and finally, that the great escape shall be induced by the column of warm ascending air above and surrounding the galley, or kitchen, of our ships. December 16.--Any change is cheering, but in the present instance the excitement was beyond reason, and therefore sport was very soon spoiled. A she-bear and her two cubs paid a visit to our dust-heap, on which, however, none of Goldner's preserves were deposited; but they thought probably that they might derive some little advantage from licking the tins of Hogarth. Before any concerted action for the capture of our visitors could be formed, some of our sportsmen, too eager to have their first shot at them, scared them off. As this was on the royal preserves, I issued the requisite orders against poaching, determined that, at their next visit, fair play and no favour should be observed, and that an adequate force of...
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