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them that the infinitely smali degree of heat imparted
by such feeble rays could not by any possibility be
felt except in imagination. But Saunders was out-
voted. Indeed, under the circumstances, he had not
a chance of proving his point; for the more warm
the dispute became, the greater was the amount of
animal heat that was created, to be placed, falsely, to
the eredit of the sun.

Patience, however, is a virtue which is sure to meet
with a reward. The point which Saunders failed to
prove by argument, was pretty well proved to every
one (though not admitted) by the agency of John
Frost. That remarkably bitter individual nestled
round the men as they sat sunning themselves, and
soon compelled them to leap up and apply to other
sources for heat. They danced about vigorously, and
again took to leap-frog. Then they tried their powers
at the old familiar games of home. Hop-step-and-
jump raised the animal thermometer considerably,
and the standing leap, running leap, and high leap
sent it up many degrees. But a general race brought
them almost to a summer temperature, and at the
same time, most unexpectedly, secured to them a hare!
This little creature, of which very few had yet been
procured, darted in an evil hour out from behind a
rock right in front of the men, who, having beeun
the race for sport, now continued it energetically for
profit. A dozen sticks were hurled at the luckless
hare, and one of these felled it to the eround.

After this they returned home in triumph, keeping