 | Alexander Henry - Canada - 1809 - 364 pages
...because our axes, being only of a pound and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labour ; but, the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining...article at the time much wanted, at length prevailed. j ' t Accordingly, in the morning, we surrounded the tree, both men and women, as many at a time as... | |
 | Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby - Zoology - 1829 - 418 pages
...because our axes being only of a pound and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labour; but the hope of finding a large Bear, and obtaining from its fat a great quantity • REONABD'S Journ. to Lapland. (PINKEHTON'S Voy. ro). ip 194.) f Ii r 11 - » Diiin-l: Lapland. (Idem.... | |
 | 1835 - 550 pages
...because our axes, being only of a pound and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labour ; but the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining...as many at a time as could conveniently work at it : ami there we toiled like beavers till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half-way... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 566 pages
...because our axes, being only of a pound and a half weight, were not well adapted to so heavy a labour; but the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining...Accordingly, in the morning we surrounded the tree, hoth men and women, as many at a time as could conveniently work at it ; and there we toiled like beavers... | |
 | Richard King - Arctic regions - 1836 - 676 pages
...the morning, to assist in cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathoms. In the morning we surrounded the tree, both men and...many at a time as could conveniently work at it ; and there we toiled, like beavers, till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half-way through... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1839 - 382 pages
...the morning, to assist in cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathom. The women at first opposed the undertaking, because...we surrounded the tree, both men and women, as many nt a time as could conveniently work at it ; and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went down.... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1841 - 374 pages
...there were no tracks on the snow, there was reason to believe that a bear lay concealed in the tree. great quantity of oil, an article at the time much...; and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half way through the trunk ; and the next morning we renewed... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indian captivities - 1844 - 368 pages
...the morning, to assist in cutting down the tree, the girth of which was not less than three fathom. The women at first opposed the undertaking, because...; and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half way through the trunk ; and the next morning we renewed... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - Indian captivities - 1851 - 528 pages
...by the way I went In the course of the month of January, I happened to observe that the trunk of a large pine tree was much torn by the claws of a bear,...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 through the trunk ; and the... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Captivity - 1852 - 402 pages
...there were no tracks on the snow, there was reason to believe that a bear lay concealed in the tree. great quantity of oil, an article at the time much...it; and here we toiled like beaver till the sun went down. This day's work carried us about half way through the trunk ; and the next morning we renewed... | |
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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... 
