It sometimes came in sailing vessels from New England as ballast; and then, if there happened to be a man-of-war in port and balls and suppers raging by consequence, the ballast was worth six hundred dollars a ton, as is evidenced by reputable tradition.

But the ice-machine has traveled all over the world, now, and brought ice within everybody's reach.

In Lapland and Spitzbergen no one uses native ice in our day, except the bears and the walruses.
The bicycle is not mentioned.

It was not necessary.

We know that it is there, without inquiring.