...spoiled ; our hair, as well as the wool on the sheep, ceased to grow, and our nails had become brittle aa glass. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of...in the fork of a tree, five feet from the ground! As usual, I rode ' Spring, ' and Mr. Schoneberg an ox lent to him by Mr. Rath; but, unfortunately,...

...fine lamina;. The lead dropped out of our pencils and our signal rockets were entirely spoiled; oar hair, as well as the wool on the sheep, ceased to...proportion." In another part of his narrative, this Our wagons, moreover, which, on leaving Scheppmansdorf, were in excellent order, were now quite infirm....

...the mischief wrought by this fiery atmosphere, for it was found to reduce the provisions alarmingly. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of its original weight ; the bran in which their store of bacon was packed became perfectly saturated, and weighed almost...

...well as the wool of their sheep, ceased to grow; and their nails became as brittle as glass. Their flour lost more than eight per cent, of its original weight, and other provisions in greater proportion. The mean of the thermometer during December, January, and February...

...the mischief wrought by this fiery atmosphere, for it was found to reduce the provisions alarmingly. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of its original weight; the bran in which their store of bacon was packed became perfectly saturated, and weighed almost as...

...instruments as well as our combs were split into fine lamina. The lead dropped out of our pencils, our signal rockets were entirely spoiled, our hair,...of its original weight, and the other provisions in a still greater proportion. The bran in which our bacon had been packed was perfectly saturated, and...

...dropped out of our pencils. Our hair, as well as the sheep's wool, ceased to grow, and our nails became brittle as glass. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of its original weight. We were obliged to bury our wax candles. We found it difficult to write or draw, so rapidly did the...

...dropped out of our pencils. Our hair, as well as the sheep's wool, ceased to grow, and our nails became brittle as glass. The flour lost more than eight per cent. of its original weight. We were obliged to bury our wax candles. We found it difficult to write or draw, so rapidly did the...

...entirely spoiled; our hair, as well as the wool on the sheep, ceased to grow, and our nails had become .as brittle as glass. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of its weight, and the other provisions in a still greater proportion. . . . It was happy for us, therefore,...

...the mischief wrought by this fiery atmosphere, for it was found to reduce the provisions alarmingly. The flour lost more than eight per cent, of its original weight ; the bran in which their store of bacon was packed became perfectly saturated, and weighed almost...