Centigrade [ ?].

No flesh could endure exposure to such an atmosphere; and were not the inner mask and clothing of soft leather pervaded by a constant feeble current of electricity....
As we made our way back to the open sea, the temptation to disobey the royal order was all but irresistible.

No fewer than three kargyndau were within shot at one and the same time; plunging from the shore of an icy island to emerge with their prey--a fish somewhat resembling the salmon in form and flavour.

My companions, however, were terrified at the thought of disobedience to the law; and as we had but one mordyta (lightning-gun) among the party, and the uncertainty of the air-gun had been before proven to my cost, there was some force in their supplementary argument that, if I did not kill the kargynda, it was probable that the kargynda might board us; in which event our case would be summarily disposed of, without troubling the Courts or allowing time to apply, even by telegraph, for the royal pardon.

I was suggesting, more to the alarm than amusement of the crew, that we might close the hatches, and either carry the regal beast away captive, or, at worst, dive and drown him--for he cannot swim very far--when their objections were enforced in an unexpected manner.