The Polar World: a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the GlobeHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 486 sider |
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... inhabitant of their gloomy solitudes , or as the bold investigator of their mysteries . The table of contents shows the great variety of interesting subjects em- braced within a comparatively narrow compass ; and as my constant aim has ...
... inhabitant of their gloomy solitudes , or as the bold investigator of their mysteries . The table of contents shows the great variety of interesting subjects em- braced within a comparatively narrow compass ; and as my constant aim has ...
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... inhabitant of the temperate zone . A thick fur clothing ; a hut small and low , where the warmth of a fire , or simply of a train - oil lamp , is husbanded in a narrow space , and , above all , the wonderful power of the human ...
... inhabitant of the temperate zone . A thick fur clothing ; a hut small and low , where the warmth of a fire , or simply of a train - oil lamp , is husbanded in a narrow space , and , above all , the wonderful power of the human ...
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... inhabitant of the German forests . But the conquer- or of Gaul can hardly have seen it himself , or he would not have ascribed to it a single horn , placed in the middle of the forehead , or said that both sexes are perfectly alike ...
... inhabitant of the German forests . But the conquer- or of Gaul can hardly have seen it himself , or he would not have ascribed to it a single horn , placed in the middle of the forehead , or said that both sexes are perfectly alike ...
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... inhabitant of the higher latitudes , where it is frequently seen in the barren grounds and tundras . Both these birds ... inhabitants of Kam- schatka that , pouncing upon a dolphin , he is not seldom dragged down into the water by the ...
... inhabitant of the higher latitudes , where it is frequently seen in the barren grounds and tundras . Both these birds ... inhabitants of Kam- schatka that , pouncing upon a dolphin , he is not seldom dragged down into the water by the ...
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... inhabitants of the Faeroe Islands . The whole neighborhood , old and young , is instantly in motion , and soon numer- ous boats shoot off from shore to intercept the retreat of the dolphins . Slowly and steadily they are driven . toward ...
... inhabitants of the Faeroe Islands . The whole neighborhood , old and young , is instantly in motion , and soon numer- ous boats shoot off from shore to intercept the retreat of the dolphins . Slowly and steadily they are driven . toward ...
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Side 428 - Whenever it is low water, winter or summer, night or day, they must rise to pick shell-fish from the rocks ; and the women either dive to collect sea-eggs, or sit patiently in their canoes, and with a baited hair-line, without any hook, jerk out little fish. If a seal is killed, or the floating carcass of a putrid whale discovered, it is a feast ; and such miserable food is assisted by a few tasteless berries and fungi.
Side 393 - The head of the bay, as well as two places on each side, was terminated by perpendicular ice-cliffs of considerable height. Pieces were continually breaking off, and floating out to sea ; and a great fall happened while we were in the bay, which made a noise like cannon. The inner parts of the country were not less savage and horrible. The wild rocks raised their...