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 credit 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.