| Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure - Arctic regions - 1853 - 70 pages
...the snme, with ptarmigan and sea-pies. Such dainties in such profusion I should imagine never hefore graced a ship's lower deck ; any stranger to have...upwards of two years in these dreary regions, and three entirely upon their own resources, enjoying such excellent health. So joyful, so happy, indeed... | |
| English literature - 1854 - 630 pages
...But the grand features of the day were the enormous plum-puddings, some weighing twenty-eix pounds ; haunches of venison ; hares roasted ; and soup made of the same, with ptarmigan and sea-pies. Such dainties in such profusion I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower deck... | |
| William Henry Bayley Webster - Meteorology - 1857 - 332 pages
...were the enormous plum-puddings, some weighing 26 lbs., haunches of venison, roasted hares, hare soup, ptarmigan, and sea pies. Such dainties, in such profusion,...upwards of two years in these dreary regions, and enjoying such excellent health ; so joyful, so happy, indeed, such a mirthful assemblage, under any... | |
| Epes Sargent - Arctic regions - 1857 - 500 pages
...but the grand features of the day were the enormous plum-puddings (some weighing twenty-six pounds), haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made...profusion I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower-deck ; any stranger, to have witnessed this scene, could but faintly imagine that he saw a crew... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 1074 pages
...but the grand features of the day were the enormous plum-puddings (some weighing twenty-six pounds), haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made...profusion I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower-deck ; any stranger, to have witnessed this scene, could but faintly imagine that he saw a crew... | |
| John Brown - Arctic regions Discovery and exploration British - 1858 - 506 pages
...wild ; also hares and ptarmigan." The Christmas festivities passed with the greatest cheerfulness. " Haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made of the same, with ptarmigan and sea-pies, such dainties, in such profusion, I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower deck... | |
| Sir John Leslie, Hugh Murray, Robert Michael Ballantyne - Arctic regions - 1860 - 696 pages
...but the grand features of the day were the enormous plum-puddings (some weighing twenty-six pounds), haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made...profusion I should imagine never before graced a ship's lowerdeck ; any stranger, to have witnessed this scene, could but faintly imagine that he saw a crew... | |
| Arctic regions - 1868 - 470 pages
...subjects ; but the grand features of the day were the enormous plum-puddings, some weighing 261lts., haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made of the same, with ptarmigan and sea-pies. Such dainties in such profusion I should imagine never before graced a ship's lower deck... | |
| Helen Saunders Wright - Arctic regions - 1910 - 622 pages
...but the grand features of the day were the enormous plum puddings (some weighing twenty-six pounds), haunches of venison, hares roasted, and soup made...ship's lower deck ; any stranger, to have witnessed the scene, could but faintly imagine that he saw a crew which had passed upwards of two years, in these... | |
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