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that what he, in his person and place, can endure, all 

 others should submit to without murmur ; indeed, the 

 night temperatures, notwithstanding a continuous fire, 

 were intensely felt in my peculiarly weak condition. 



There are some individuals who cannot be made to 

 say what they feel, or, indeed, too much inclined to as- 

 sert that quivering accents do not proceed from cold. 

 For my own part, I do admit the present temperatures 

 to be really cold, undoubtedly, unpleasantly severe ; 

 but, setting aside our own arbitrary expressions or scales 

 of cold, let us inquire what Nature is doing around us. 

 The intensity of cold is stealing, through the sides and 

 thin casings, to the interior of my fire-warmed cabin, 

 heated up to -{-41, not too hot in England. But as these 

 words do not convey the meaning I wish to impress, I 

 will just add, that cold is particularly attached to iron, 

 and that it will follow it up most affectionately through 

 the sides, vertically or horizontally, and that even brad- 

 heads, covered with putty and painted over to misre- 

 present wainscot, condense the breath and moisture in 

 pearl-like hemispherical dots throughout my sleeping 

 berth ; that if these jewels be removed at night, they 

 are replaced in the morning. 



It was the custom for all the officers to meet on Sa- 

 turday evenings and enjoy a racing game, the board and 

 horses of which were most kindly presented to the offi- 

 cers, etc., by Lord Londesborough and the effect of as- 

 sembling a dozen persons for three or four hours was, 

 first, to cause the polished mahogany to stream, and be- 

 fore morning to present a polished surface of ice. 



At present the French polish is peeling off, panels 



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