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The scientific truth thus illustrated by ethnology, and recognised by agriculturists and sportsmen, applies with double force to children. In proportion to their smallness and the rapidity of their growth is the injury from cold great. In France, new-born infants often die in winter from being carried to the office of the maire for registration.
Owing to the sun being obscured, it was impossible to ascertain our whereabouts, but Hartog reckoned we had passed through the Straits set down on an early chart as named after Le Maire. But for skilful handling we would have lost our ship, so prolonged was the gale, and when, at length, the weather moderated, we found that much damage had been done to our rigging and deck-gear.
Accordingly, after an early breakfast, during the discussion of which I easily extracted from my unsuspicious hostess all the information necessary to enable me to find my way to the various points I deemed it most important to visit, I shouldered my basket of fish, and set out on my way to the residence of Monsieur le Maire.
The Maire seated himself in an armchair at the table. The minor functionary placed the two suspected persons on the side facing him, and took his place standing by their side. As they were going in, Terence whispered: "If there is trouble, I will take this fellow, and you manage the Maire." "Now," that functionary said, "let me see your papers.
He murmured: "I have found nothing, M'sieu le Maire, nothing at all anywhere." The mayor, alarmed, replied in a thick voice, drowned in tears: "What is that you could not find?" "The little girl's clothes." "Well well look again, and find them or you''ll have to answer to me."
Maman! they cried, 'let us go home. 'Oh! be silent, my little ones, said the poor woman; 'be silent; we will go to M. le Maire he will not leave us without a friend. It was then that I saw what my duty was.
The stratification of the clay-slate is generally very obscure, whereas the cleavage is remarkably well defined: to begin with the extreme eastern parts of Tierra del Fuego; the cleavage-planes near the St. of Le Maire strike either W. and E. or W.S.W. and E.N.E., and are highly inclined; the form of the land, including Staten Island, indicates that the axes of elevation have run in this same line, though I was unable to distinguish the planes of stratification.
Corentin stationed himself before the fire, lifting the long pointed skirts of his coat to warm himself and assuming the air, manner, and tone of a gentleman who was paying a visit. "Mesdames, you can go to bed, and the servants also. Monsieur le maire, your services are no longer needed.
The speaker gathered up courage; it is exciting to be the bearer of news, especially of ill news. M. de Wissant shook his head. "Alas! there has been an accident, m'sieur le maire! A terrible accident! One of the submarines they don't yet know which it is has been struck by a big private yacht and has sunk in the fairway of the Channel, about two miles out!"
Renardet exclaimed some distance away: "You lunch with us, Monsieur l'Abbé in an hour's time." The priest turned his head round, and replied: "With pleasure, Monsieur le Maire. I'll be with you at twelve." And they all directed their steps towards the house whose gray front and large tower built on the edge of the Brindelle, could be seen through the branches. The meal lasted a long time.
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