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27213	Can he with all his blots and blemishes, his failings and weaknesses, offer to give himself to the other?
27213	If I am asked, What is the use of climbing this highest mountain?
27213	Is he justified in asking that the whole being and the most sacred thing in life should be given over utterly to him?
27213	Is he worthy to receive all that he would expect to receive in return?
6476	A water- beetle,_ Colymbetes_(?)
6476	In the banks again, the round egg- like earthy chrysalis of the_ Sphynx Atropos_(?)
6476	To the good they pay no heed;"Why should we?"
6477	How cold is it?
6477	Why should you spend weeks on the coldest, hungriest, windiest, loftiest place on the earth, without even inhabitants?
6477	Campbell said:"As you appear to have made up your mind, why not dismiss us at once?"
6477	Can the limestone, which appears in Tibet, underlie the gneiss of Sikkim?
6477	He asked me what view the Governor- General would take of this proceeding?
6477	His first question was always"How long do you intend to remain here?
6477	Nothing puzzled him so much as my being always occupied with such, to him, unintelligible pursuits; a Tibetan"cui bono?"
6477	Of North American genera, not found in Europe, were_ Buddleia, Podophyllum, Magnolia, Sassafras?
6477	On arriving, I saw a troop of large monkeys*[_ Macacus Pelops?_ Hodgson.
6477	_ Callitriche verna?_( note), ii.
6477	annulata?_) ascend to 10,000 feet, and there is no hazel.
6477	have you not got all the plants and stones you want?
6477	was always in his mouth:"What good will it do_ you_?"
39642	***** Of what are these great peaks built up?
39642	And in the long centuries to come may we not develop a soul for beauties unthought of now?
39642	And is there any literature or history?
39642	And what more perfect spot for the purpose could be found?
39642	Are there no remains of buildings, roads, aqueducts, canals, statues, or any other such mark by which a people leaves its impress on a country?
39642	But why should the mountains thus depress?
39642	Has it ever made any such impression?
39642	How can we be certain that this is right?
39642	Should we not look confidently out into the future and nerve ourselves for bold, unfettered flight?
39642	Were they a purely indigenous race?
39642	What was their history?
39642	Who can but be impressed by such ages and such forces?
39642	Who could feel a care while he fished or hunted stag in a valley with more than the beauty and with all the freshness of his native land?
39642	Why should not their history bring us the more worthy thought of the mighty possibilities of the race?
45747	''And how?''
45747	''Art thou here?''
45747	''Good, but how did ye proceed?''
45747	''Is this the scene Where the old Earthquake- dà ¦ mon taught her young Ruin?''
45747	''Zoons, why are ye afraid?''
45747	( artists too, if you please) crossed the Alps, does Thackeray give us a long account of the scenery?
45747	As we sat on the top enveloped in mist, Mummery and I debated afresh the old question, How should we feel if we ever ascended to 26,000 feet?
45747	At some future date, how many years hence who can tell?
45747	But first answer ye me, whence come ye?''
45747	Can the word be here used in this sense?
45747	Had I not been dreadfully ill at 18,000 feet crossing the Mazeno La, whilst here we were all right at 19,000 feet?
45747	Had we not ascended our last 3000 feet with hardly a rest and at exactly the same pace as if we had been climbing in the Alps?
45747	Have they not been called''inferior mountains''?
45747	How can we compare them?
45747	May we not call theirs the Golden Age?
45747	On the other hand, the descriptions of the beauties of Nature by Sir Walter Scott or by Wordsworth, who reads them now except with an occasional yawn?
45747	Some goat or other wild animal; or was it our cook returning with provisions?
45747	Therefore why disturb the darkness, O most miserable one, by dismal reiteration of a well- known fact?
45747	Therefore, with what joy, think you, did the Three progress onward after the long and troublous ascent?
45747	Thou askest, Why?
45747	Was it yesterday, or when, that all these things happened?
45747	We lingered for a long time on the summit; but in a land where, at that time of year, night never comes, what need was there to hurry?
45747	What do mountains, streams, pinewoods, and lakes ruffled by the wind, mean to them?
45747	What is the depth of that stealthily flowing flood and the measure of its waters, who can say?
45747	Where would it lead to?
45747	Who had started it?
45747	Why can not he be satisfied with these simpler and more homely pleasures?
45747	Why should not an Irish club, like the Climbers''Club, the Cairngorm Club, or the Scottish Mountaineering Club, be formed?
45747	Would the morning never come, and with it the warm sunshine?
45747	[ Illustration: CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS Showing the Ice Fields and the Mountains_ Heights when marked?
45747	can I be growing sentimental?
45747	those delightful toys of one''s youth, where have they all gone?
45747	why have I to spend much ink and thought in answering them?
21239	A bird''s nest? 21239 A couple of kites, are they not?"
21239	A use?
21239	An old rogue?
21239	And why?
21239	And you say it has its nest inside that hole?
21239	And you think that paper can be made out of these trees?
21239	Are your data quite correct?
21239	At the seams, perhaps? 21239 But could you make the balloon, if you had the stuff?"
21239	But how are we to do it?
21239	But how are you to get the heated air into it?
21239	But how are you to weigh the rope until it is made? 21239 But how could an elephant enter this valley?"
21239	But how could he get into the valley?
21239	But how, brother? 21239 But the crevasse that hinders us from getting out?
21239	But the weights?
21239	But we can make more paper, can we not?
21239	But what hope have you found in them?
21239	But why? 21239 But would not this air soon become cold again?"
21239	But, with great pains, could we not make it light enough? 21239 Can we not think of something?
21239	Do n''t you think they would do?
21239	Do you think it would do for a kite?
21239	Do you think they would not be strong enough?
21239	Do you think you can find the thicket again?
21239	Do you think you would know the shrub, if you saw it, brother?
21239	Do you think,added he,"it is in the hope of finding us there?
21239	For the hut?
21239	Hope? 21239 How can you do that?"
21239	How do you know that we do n''t?
21239	Indeed I cannot-- unless--"Unless what?
21239	It must be light, air- tight, and strong?
21239	Nest?
21239	Not us, Karl?
21239	Of paper, do you mean?
21239	Or,replied Karl,"what if we had both beaten him?
21239	Perhaps their nest is there-- in the copse?
21239	Perhaps,interposed Caspar, catching at Karl''s idea,"there may be some other part of the precipice where the ledges are nearer to each other?
21239	That is your intention, is it not?
21239	The air ca n''t pass through an eel- skin?
21239	The birds have escaped us, you mean?
21239	The weight, then?
21239	Their young must be near?
21239	There are different species of wild goats, then?
21239	Well, Ossy,asked Caspar, who was the first to speak,"what news?
21239	Well?
21239	Well?
21239	What about them? 21239 What appointment, Caspar?"
21239	What are you thinking of?
21239	What can it be?
21239	What do you mean by that, Ossy?
21239	What do_ you_ think of it, shikaree?
21239	What is it?
21239	What is that, brother?
21239	What is that?
21239	What is to hinder him?
21239	What is to hinder us from letting this down,he inquired,"and drawing it up again full of water?
21239	What is to hinder us to ascertain the weight of the rope before making it, and also decide as to whether the bird can carry so much?
21239	What of that? 21239 What reason, brother Karl?
21239	What standard?
21239	What the mischief are the birds about? 21239 What then, brother?"
21239	What,inquired Karl,"would be the use of a rope of fifty yards, though the eagle might carry it up to the moon?
21239	What?
21239	Where is the bearcoot?
21239	Where?
21239	Who? 21239 Why not ascertain this fact before making the rope?"
21239	Why, what now? 21239 Within our reach?
21239	Would canvas do? 21239 Would nothing else do?"
21239	You are sure, Ossaroo,said Karl, who had stood for some time silently reflecting,"you are sure he has gone to the hut?"
21239	You see something that shines?
21239	A simple shadow would not have made such a commotion as that?
21239	An elephant could no more cross it than he could fly; surely not?"
21239	And after that their supper?
21239	And how does she get her food?"
21239	And how then?
21239	And how was this hot air to be obtained?
21239	Are these your birds, brother?"
21239	But how did they get into this valley, and how got they out of it?
21239	But how if the rope were to be_ shorter_, than that which had been theoretically considered?
21239	But now arose the question-- would it stay there?
21239	But that is only one weight; how are you to get the denominations-- the pounds and ounces?"
21239	But the question was, could they manufacture a cloth out of hemp that would be light enough when thus coated over?
21239	But what''s the use of wishing?
21239	But where was Ossaroo?
21239	By the same means why might not information be carried back?
21239	Can you not guess why I am so joyed by the presence of these birds?"
21239	Caspar felt satisfied of this fact; nor did either of the others question its truth-- but what then?
21239	Could it be the cry of the conquering ibex-- his slogan of triumph?
21239	Did you examine it all around?"
21239	Did you never, in your rambles, observe anything like an elephant''s track?"
21239	Do you know that?"
21239	Do you mean one of those Brahminy geese upon the lake?
21239	Do you not remember having seen that bit of jewellery before?"
21239	Do you suppose they are going to alight?
21239	Do you think there are no more daphne trees?"
21239	Even at the lowest part of the cliffs-- should the bearcoot take one end over, the other would be fifty yards above our heads?"
21239	Even if we wanted a suspended grate, surely, brother, you have enough ingenuity to get over such a trifling difficulty as that?"
21239	First and foremost, then, what were they to have for dinner?
21239	Fritz is eating something, is he?"
21239	Have you a piece of string about you, Ossy?"
21239	Have you seen anything more of the rogue?"
21239	Have you seen anything since you left us?"
21239	Have you thought of that?"
21239	He eider be de god Brahma, or--""Or what?"
21239	He had only exhibited a wise discretion: for what chance would he have stood against such a formidable adversary?
21239	How if it were to be only fifty yards, instead of one hundred and fifty?
21239	How long were they going to be kept in the tree?
21239	How was this difficulty to be got over?
21239	How will the young ones help their mother out of the scrape?
21239	How will they get out themselves: for I suppose they do n''t leave the nest till they are pretty well grown?
21239	How would you get over it?"
21239	Hundreds of holes would be needed; and how were they to be made?
21239	I do n''t believe they could have carried up the rope anyhow; and what good would it be to catch them?
21239	If it be an elephant we have seen-- and what else can it be?"
21239	In other words, was the shikaree about to be projected through a fall of thirty feet to the bottom of the cliff?
21239	In other words, would it be caught among the rocks, and hold fast?
21239	In what direction had the kite been carried off?
21239	Is it a toucan, Ossaroo?"
21239	Is it not so?"
21239	Is n''t it, my Buffon of a brother?
21239	Is that what you mean, Ossy?"
21239	It may be the bill of a bird; but as to a bird itself, or the nest of one, where is that, pray?"
21239	Might it not be blown along the line of cliffs, and tossed back again into the valley?
21239	Now, even if we had the silk to make the great spherical bag, how could we make a fire- basket without iron?"
21239	Of course, fire was to be the agent for producing it: but how was it to be got into the bag?
21239	Of what bird are you speaking?"
21239	Or would the dragging anchor arrive at a place where the surface was smooth, and then gliding rapidly over it, increase the velocity of the descent?
21239	Ossaroo''s skill had provided their breakfast; but how about their dinner?
21239	Perhaps there would be neither bed nor sleep that night: for how could they slumber upon those hard branches?
21239	Perhaps you have seen something like it?"
21239	So you mean to say that a bird as large as a goose can go in and out by that hole?
21239	Surely they do n''t suppose they have the strength to do any damage to our brave old dog?"
21239	Surely, you have already divined the sort of bird to which I allude?"
21239	The quadruped was evidently smitten with some sudden fear; but who and what was the enemy it dreaded?
21239	There was no timber within that distance that could have given concealment to an animal so bulky as an elephant?
21239	They are ounce bullets, I''ve heard you say?"
21239	They make it of silk, do n''t they?"
21239	Was it to be fish, flesh, or fowl?
21239	Well, shall I name it?
21239	What could it mean?
21239	What do these initials stand for, I wonder?"
21239	What do_ you_ say, Ossaroo?
21239	What else could it be?"
21239	What if the weight should be reduced?
21239	What is there improbable in his having been here many years-- perhaps all his life, and that may be a hundred years or more?"
21239	What is to be done?
21239	What on earth can he want there?
21239	What was it?
21239	What would they not have given to have been each provided with a pair of wings like that bearcoot-- the one that still lived?
21239	What, if either of us had beaten him?"
21239	What?"
21239	Where are they?
21239	Where learnt you the history of Hercules-- you who have never seen the inside of a university?"
21239	Where was this iron to be obtained?
21239	Where you tinkee he now gone?"
21239	Whither had it gone?
21239	Whither?
21239	Who would have thought of a great elephant having climbed up here?
21239	Why he go back there?"
21239	Would it let him down easily?
21239	Would the resistance be equal to the weight of the man''s body?
21239	Yes; I do see something-- like a piece of yellow metal-- what can it be?"
21239	You do n''t expect us to believe all that?
21239	You do n''t mean them, I suppose?"
21239	You forget that, brother?
21239	You have a quick invention, brother Caspar; can you think of anything-- I mean anything within our reach-- that would make the air- bag of a balloon?"
21239	You know this hideous precipice is at no point less than a hundred yards in sheer height?"
21239	You remember how he used to quarrel with them?"
21239	You see those letters?"
21239	Your beam and scales would be useless, I apprehend, without proper weights?
21239	asked Karl, pointing to the bird,"to carry--""To carry what?"
21239	continued he, with a slight touch of jocularity in his manner--"you do n''t mean that, I suppose?"
21239	cried he;"what have we been thinking about all this time?
21239	inquired Karl;"of what bird are you speaking?
21239	on the leg of one of the birds?
21239	said he,"sit all the time-- for weeks, I suppose-- without ever coming out-- without taking an airing?
21239	the bird is in that hole where we saw the white thing sticking out?
21239	what mean you, Karl?"
21239	what now?"
21239	where paper_ grows_?"
21239	you mean a kite, then?"
21239	you mean that he may have come up here before we did?"
27981	And of what would you make your candles, dear Caspar?
27981	And who is to carry your line to the opposite side, I should like to know?
27981	And you propose to make the string which Ossaroo has got into wicks, and dip them in the hot grease?
27981	Ay, Caspar,rejoined Karl,"and where should_ we_ be then?
27981	Both?
27981	But tell us, brother,inquired Caspar after a while,"what took you up there anyhow?"
27981	But this blood? 27981 But what ails you?
27981	But what do you propose?
27981	But what is it, brother? 27981 Catch him alive!--In a trap?--In a snare?"
27981	How shall we manage? 27981 How?
27981	Is he off by himself, or along with some other herd? 27981 Is there no way,"thought he,"that I can blind the brute?
27981	It will take a long time, I fear?
27981	Look, brother, how gentle they appear? 27981 Maybe a tiger?"
27981	Now where can the old grunter have gone to?
27981	Of what,echoed Caspar,"what but the fat of this great bear?"
27981	Or a panther?
27981	Shall we not draw out the stag?
27981	Then you think the precipice runs all around the valley?
27981	There''s no help for it; we must go back as we came-- what says Ossaroo?
27981	Well, Caspar,--the right way to do what? 27981 What idea, Caspar?"
27981	What idea?
27981	What lights, Caspar?
27981	What''s the matter, Ossaroo?
27981	What, then, Master Karl? 27981 Where can he be?"
27981	Why,asked he,"why might we not get out by this very cave?
27981	You are right, brother,interposed Karl;"but how about the vessel to melt it in?"
27981	You have got the fuel?
27981	You think it was a tiger?
27981	_ What if he be on the other side of the rock_?
27981	` Bikh''poison-- what is that?
27981	A man- eater in the jungle?
27981	A question, however, arose, whether Bruin might still be inside?
27981	Ay, what then?
27981	But as there could be nothing of this kind, how did they intend acting?
27981	But how did the palm seed get to the top of the fig?
27981	But how had the deer got over it?
27981	But how was he to retreat?
27981	But how was this to be accomplished?
27981	But what wanted he up the tree?
27981	But whither was he to run?
27981	But why their joy at the approach of our travellers?
27981	By making a ladder?
27981	Can you think of any way of taking the fish, Ossaroo?"
27981	Capital idea, is n''t it?"
27981	Certainly from the appearance of both of you it must have been in the water, and under the water too?
27981	Did Ossaroo intend to sit up all night and shoot at them with his arrows?
27981	Did he design to make use of ropes?
27981	Do you expect to measure it with a string?"
27981	Even a fireman''s ladder, that is made to reach to the tops of the highest houses, would be of no use for such a height as that?"
27981	For what purpose?
27981	From what motive, you will ask, do men choose to undergo such hardships and dangers?
27981	Had Ossaroo gone mad?
27981	Had another bear attacked him?
27981	Had it hidden behind these?
27981	Had we not better remain here for a while?
27981	Have you been in danger of drowning?"
27981	He had no weapon-- nothing in his hand but the bottle of red peppers-- what could he do?
27981	He was too eager to be satisfied about the first and most important point-- whether there were ledges that would answer the purpose?
27981	How could he escape being killed, or, at the very least, badly bruised and cut?
27981	How could this be?
27981	How do you mean to do it then?"
27981	How else could the water be warm?
27981	How is this?
27981	How then was he going to take the wholesale vengeance he had rowed?
27981	How then was this union of the two trees to be accounted for?
27981	How then, were they to get over?
27981	How was he to be rescued from his fierce besieger?
27981	How was that feat to be accomplished?
27981	How was the bear to be skinned without light?
27981	How was the flesh to be cut up and spread out?
27981	How were we to make a fire that would melt that fat?
27981	How, then, were they to measure it exactly?
27981	How?"
27981	IS IT BLOOD?
27981	In such darkness he could not see his nose any more than they?
27981	Is n''t his stomach as full of tallow as it can stick?
27981	It has been stated that the measurement could be easily made, and that Karl knew this; but how?
27981	It still remained firm; would it continue so?
27981	It was now a question with the plant- hunter what course he should follow-- whether remain where he was, or pop out again upon the ledge?
27981	It wo n''t do; I sha n''t stalk them from that direction; but how else can I approach them?
27981	Leave him to himself?"
27981	Maybe a panther, or a lion, or a tiger?
27981	Maybe he was going up for the nuts of the palmyra?
27981	Mould- candles?
27981	Much time would require to be spent, but what of time when compared with the results of failure or success?
27981	Must he abandon the idea of destroying the man- eater, and leave the helpless villagers to their fate?
27981	Need I say that the lives of such men are fraught with adventures and hair- breadth perils?
27981	No doubt, you have read of such a tree, and have seen pictures of one?
27981	Or had he become suddenly afflicted with the malady of Saint Vitus?
27981	Ossaroo proposed fording the river, but how was that to be done?
27981	Perhaps he might conceal himself in the cave?
27981	Perhaps it was this had hindered him from springing up as high as he had intended?
27981	Perhaps the rocks would afford a footing?
27981	Perhaps there was a hot spring?
27981	Perhaps there was a spring somewhere?
27981	Perhaps this is what the Captain means?"
27981	See?"
27981	Should the upper part of the glacier give way, what then?
27981	Should they abandon their camp, and_ move_ forward?
27981	Surely in a hundred hours they would look upon a far lovelier light-- the light of the glorious sun?
27981	Surely it could be of no service now, without either stock or lock?
27981	Surely it had not leaped that fearful chasm?
27981	Surely it was not also carried off?
27981	Surely the deer could not escape them much longer?
27981	Surely, thought they, the dogs will gnaw such a string to pieces in half a minute, and set themselves free again?
27981	The blood could not be from him-- surely not?
27981	The game had been secured-- what difficulty would there be in dragging it out of the cave, and afterwards taking it home to their hut?
27981	The ledge appeared to be full forty feet from the ground, and how was it to be reached by a measuring rule?
27981	The right way to get out of the cave?"
27981	There was one thing, however, about which they were apprehensive, and that was about their larder-- how long would it last?
27981	They appeared to be wet, but what of that?
27981	They could still have moulded more candles-- for neither their fat nor their fuel was exhausted-- but surely they had enough?
27981	They might have got up a grand battue to beat the jungle and attack the tiger in his lair, but what would have come of that?
27981	They were already flickering and burning dimly-- in a few seconds more they would be quite extinguished; and what then?
27981	They would not move, at all events, even if the upper part of the glacier should give way; but was there footing to be found upon them?
27981	This must be ascertained, and how was it to be done?
27981	This one had not been killed under the British flag, but what of that?
27981	To make their hair grow?
27981	True they had their guns, but of what service could these be in making a bridge?
27981	Up the ravine might be safer?
27981	Was he after the fruit?
27981	Was it fish, flesh, or fowl?"
27981	Was it planted by the hand of man?
27981	Was it surprise at the stag having returned to die where he had received his wound?
27981	We know you might put a ladder together ever so long, but would it hold together?
27981	What can they be?"
27981	What could Fritz do more than they?
27981	What could be the matter with Ossaroo?
27981	What could be the matter with the leaves, to cling to his soles in that manner?
27981	What could it all mean?
27981	What danger have I been in of losing both?
27981	What danger?
27981	What did Ossaroo mean?
27981	What dilemma?
27981	What had caused them such astonishment?
27981	What had produced this metamorphosis?
27981	What if it should prove to run upward, and have an entrance above, or on the other side of the mountain?"
27981	What may it have been, I wonder?"
27981	What mean you, brother?"
27981	What plan, you will ask, had he now conceived?
27981	What say you to my plan?"
27981	What say you, Karl?"
27981	What say you, Karl?"
27981	What sort of creature was that?
27981	What sort of pine is it, brother?"
27981	What the deuce did it all mean?
27981	What think you of a grass nearly five times as tall?
27981	What was Caspar doing with the gun?
27981	What was Caspar''s new plan?
27981	What was Ossaroo to do under these circumstances?
27981	What was the young refugee to do?
27981	What was there in this discovery that should cause the hunters to stand gazing upon one another with troubled looks?
27981	What was there remarkable about all this?
27981	What was to be done with Karl?
27981	What was to be done?
27981	What would they not have given for wings; wings to carry them over the walls of that terrible prison?
27981	What''s to be done?
27981	What, then, can you mean?"
27981	What, then, was the cause of his joy?
27981	When two persons meet in the morning, the first questions they address to each other are:` How did you find the zancudos during the night?''
27981	Whence came this water?
27981	Where could the deer have gone?
27981	Where could the herd be?
27981	Where is the poison?"
27981	Where was it to end?
27981	Where was it to end?
27981	Where were the ropes and lines to be obtained?
27981	Where were they to procure lights?
27981	Whither could they retreat?
27981	Whither?--whither?
27981	Who or what came so near swallowing Ossaroo?
27981	Why might he not scent his way out of this horrid dungeon?
27981	Why then multiply names and titles?
27981	Why, you have told us that it was three hundred feet in sheer height?
27981	Will you believe it, hundreds of men are engaged in this noble and useful calling?
27981	With all their fierceness, they surely would not follow him into it?
27981	Would Karl and Ossaroo hear him if he were to shout?
27981	Would it burn?
27981	You observed no outlet, Ossaroo?"
27981	You say you saw far into it, Karl?
27981	You think so, shikarree?"
27981	You''ve been in the lake?
27981	` How are we to- day for the mosquitos?''
27981	a bear?"
27981	and then what would have been my forlorn fate?
27981	are you ill?"
27981	asked Caspar;"with your poisoned arrows?"
27981	cried Caspar,"what are you about, Ossaroo?
27981	ejaculated Karl, suddenly changing his tone, as he perceived that Caspar''s madness had something of method in it,"the fat of the bear, you say?"
27981	exclaimed Karl, in the agony of his soul,"how long is this hovel to be our home?"
27981	had I not arrived just in the right time, I wonder where you''d have been now?
27981	has Ossaroo been in danger,_ too_?
27981	he exclaimed;"a bear, you say, brother?--Which way did it go?"
27981	how would you do that?
27981	me not ill-- why my lords askee?"
27981	of what?"
27981	or carried thither by a bird?
27981	or even if it did, how could you set it up against the cliff?
27981	or, was he still abroad, robbing the bushes of their fruit, and the bees of their honey?
27981	poison the water?
27981	see!--Isn''t it a beauty?"
27981	was he now"at home"to receive them?
27981	what is that?
27981	whither was he to run?
27981	why might not Fritz guide us?
27981	with your bow, Ossaroo?"
27981	you intend to make a raft of the canes?"