 | Charles Bruce (writer of tales.) - 1875 - 942 páginas
...cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathoms. The women at first opposed the undertaking, because our axes, being only of a pound...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it ; and here we toiled like beavers till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half way... | |
 | Richard Markham - 1881 - 240 páginas
...cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathom. The women at first opposed, because our axes, being only of a pound and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labor ; but the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining from its fat a great quantity of oil, —... | |
 | Alexander Henry - 1901 - 418 páginas
...women, at first, opposed the undertaking, because our axes, being only of a pound, and a half weight,1 were not well adapted to so heavy a labour; but, the...prevailed. Accordingly, in the morning, we surrounded the 1 The chopper's ordinary axe, averages four and a-half pounds weight. tree, both men and women, as... | |
 | 1921 - 386 páginas
...because our axes, being only of a pound and a hah* weight, were not weD adapted to so heavy a labor; but the hope of finding a large bear and obtaining...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it; and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went anfr flbbcntureg down. This day's work carried us... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1905 - 426 páginas
...cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathoms. The women at first opposed the undertaking, because our axes, being only of a pound...and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy labour; but the hope of fmding a large bear, and obtaining from his fat a large quantity of oil, an... | |
 | George Bird Grinnell - 1911 - 516 páginas
...the morning to assist in cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathom. Accordingly, in the morning we surrounded the tree,...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it, and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about halfway through... | |
 | Alexander Henry - 1921 - 388 páginas
...cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathoms. The women at first opposed the undertaking because our axes, being only of a pound...a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labor; but the hope of finding a large bear and obtaining from its fat a great quantity of oil, an... | |
 | George Irving Quimby - 1966 - 240 páginas
...tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathom [18 feet]. The women, at first opposed the undertaking, because our axes, being only of a pound...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it; and here we toiled, like beaver til the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half way through... | |
 | Frederick Drimmer - 1985 - 388 páginas
...hope of finding a large bear and obtaining a great quantity of oil from its fat at length prevailed. In the morning we surrounded the tree, both men and...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it. Here we toiled like beavers till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about halfway through... | |
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... but the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining from its fat a great quantity of oil, an article at the time much wanted, at length prevailed. Accordingly in the morning we surrounded the tree, both men and women, as many at a time as could conveniently... 
