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The seal-gut window having been removed, the people gathered there several rows deep, all desirous of witnessing the wonderful act.
It is very easy to misunderstand a strange people, and very hard to understand them thoroughly. The roof of the tent was dome-shaped and it was lit by a seal-gut skylight.
For a like reason the al fresco dinner of this day had a charm that no such feast had been observed to possess before. "We are not presentable," said Fritz, referring to his seal-gut uniform. "Ah," replied Mrs. Wolston, "it is your costume of war, brave knights; and, for my part, I admire you more in it than in the livery of Hyde Park or Bond Street."
It's stuffed boots and those Indian seal-gut things or furs from now on," he said. "That leather cuff's chewing up your hand." "We'll cut that out," replied Wyllard; "it's not to the point. Can't you get on?" Dampier grinned. "We're on soundings, and they and Dunton's longitude 'most agree. With this wind we should pick the beach up in the next two days. Next question is, where were those men?"
"Rely upon my not prolonging my stay beyond what the exigencies of the expedition imperiously require." "Good gracious! what are these?" exclaimed Mrs. Wolston as the three brothers entered, equipped in seal-gut trowsers, floating stays of the same material, and Greenland caps.
The Selache was carrying everything and lurching over the steep swell at some four knots an hour. Dampier stopped near the wheel, and glanced at Wyllard's oilskins. "You'll have to take them off. It's stuffed boots and those Indian seal-gut things or furs from now on," he said. "That leather cuff's chewing up your hand." "We'll cut that out," said Wyllard; "it's not to the point.
From a single seal-gut window a dim light shone, but there was no other sign of human life. I groped my way into the tunnel, bent half double, stepping upon and stumbling over numerous dogs that blocked the way, and at the farther end bumped into a door. Upon pushing this open I found myself in a room perhaps twelve by fourteen feet in size.
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