The general opinyon sattled doon to this,'at they twa bude till hae fa'en oot at cairts, an' fouchten it oot, an' the auld captain, for a' his Skeel an' exparience, had had the warst o' 't, an' so there they faun' 'im.
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald
The handsome men; the barbaric splendour of the accoutrements; the polished Skeel wood of the deck; the gloriously grained sorapus of the cabins, inlaid with priceless jewels and precious metals in intricate and beautiful design; the burnished gold of hand rails; the shining metal of the guns.
"The Gods of Mars"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
179; C. A. Skeel, Travel in the First Century after Christ, Cambridge, 1901, p.
"The Hindu-Arabic Numerals"
David Eugene Smith Louis Charles Karpinski
