The missionary
added that his converts had the lowest opinion of Jonah for not
having utilised his exceptional opportunities by killing and
eating the whale.
Fired by the example of the builders of the ice-palace on the rink
at Rideau Hall, I offered to build for the Lansdowne children an
ice-hut for their very own, a chilly domicile which they had
ardently longed for. As it is my solitary achievement as an
architect, I must dwell rather lovingly on the building of this
hut. The professional ice-cutters were bringing up daily a large
supply of great gleaming transparent blocks from the river, both
for the building of the band-house and for the summer supply of
Rideau Hall, so there was no lack of material. On the American
continent one is being told so constantly that this-and-that "will
cut no ice," that it is satisfactory to be able to report that
those French-Canadians cut ice in the most efficient fashion. My
sole building implement was a kettle of boiling water. I placed
ice-blocks in a circle, pouring boiling water between each two
blocks to melt the points of contact, and in half an hour they had
frozen into one solid lump.
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