Chapter 38 of The Arctic Prairies is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter 38 of The Arctic Prairies is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct. 20, 1907.--Athabaska River. In the Canyon. This has been a day of horrors and mercies. We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
Chapter 38 of The Arctic Prairies is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading “In the Canyon.”
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading “This has been a day of horrors and mercies.”
plural of “mercy” — leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading “This has been a day of horrors and mercies.”
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading “THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.”
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading “THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.”
the first light of day
From this reading “We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.”
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading “THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 20, 1907.--Athabaska River.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 20, 1907.--Athabaska River.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 20, 1907.--Athabaska River.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
From this reading In the Canyon.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
plural of “horror” — intense and profound fear
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Canyon.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
plural of “mercy” — leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
the first light of day
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH "Oct.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This has been a day of horrors and mercies.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We left the camp early, 6.55--long before sunrise, and portaged the first rapid.
Chapter 38 of The Arctic Prairies by Ernest Thompson Seton holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 38 holds 153 sentences of The Arctic Prairies, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 38 of The Arctic Prairies by Ernest Thompson Seton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 31 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 38 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading The Arctic Prairies by Ernest Thompson Seton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3251 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #6818 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #6818, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 270 minutes of reading across 651 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Arctic Prairies section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 40 chapters of The Arctic Prairies to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Arctic Prairies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
