Gallon puffed at his cigar, and at the conclusion of the panegyric regarded the other curiously; but Daylight, ordering cocktails, failed to note this curious stare.
"Going in with him on some deal, I suppose," Gallon remarked.
We had but half a pint a head, and each of us could have drunk a
gallon.
"Or," I continued, "the size of the Nautilus being 1,500 tons; and one ton holding 200
gallons, it contains 300,000
gallons of air, which, divided by 480, gives a quotient of 625.
Besides a sufficient stock of pure brandy, he arranged two water-tanks, each of which contained twenty-two
gallons.
'I'll drink it all up at a gulp, see if I don't.' And sure enough, when the forty casks of wine containing forty
gallons each were brought alongside of the ship, they disappeared down the thirsty comrade's throat in no time; and when they were empty he remarked:
Their horns are so large, the inhabitants use them for pitchers, and each will hold about five
gallons. One of these oxen, fat and ready to be killed, may be bought at most for two crowns.
a sulk and pout, by carpenter's measurement, about twenty feet long and five feet deep; a sulk and pout that will yield you some 500
gallons of oil and more.
Stop this moment, I tell you!' But she went on all the same, shedding
gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.
These were filled with water from the stream, and each of them might hold from four to five
gallons.
Similarly, 8 million
gallon water got from the tube wells installed at Rakh Branch Canal while 3 million
gallon water was produced by the tube wells working at Jhal Water Works and 1.5 million
gallons water by the tube wells of Millat Town Water Works.