Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... Europe . Our knowledge of the Red Indians has been greatly increased by the labours of George Catlin , who , for eight years ( from 1832 to 1840 ) travelled and lived among them : during that time he devoted himself to the task of ...
... Europe . Our knowledge of the Red Indians has been greatly increased by the labours of George Catlin , who , for eight years ( from 1832 to 1840 ) travelled and lived among them : during that time he devoted himself to the task of ...
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... European races in general - namely , a bright , silvery grey ; not the hoary head of age , but a colour which appears from earliest youth . From these and other circumstances , Mr. Catlin was induced to believe that the Mandan Indians ...
... European races in general - namely , a bright , silvery grey ; not the hoary head of age , but a colour which appears from earliest youth . From these and other circumstances , Mr. Catlin was induced to believe that the Mandan Indians ...
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... Europeans , and well has the coast of Central Africa merited the name of " The White Man's Grave ! " And we are apt to wonder how it is possible that man can inhabit such a land , and that he does not abandon it to the wild beasts which ...
... Europeans , and well has the coast of Central Africa merited the name of " The White Man's Grave ! " And we are apt to wonder how it is possible that man can inhabit such a land , and that he does not abandon it to the wild beasts which ...
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... not a yard long , but exceedingly venomous , infest not only the woods and long grass , but the dwellings of the natives , and the forts of European settlers . Scorpions and centipedes , toads and THE ASHANTEE CHIEF .
... not a yard long , but exceedingly venomous , infest not only the woods and long grass , but the dwellings of the natives , and the forts of European settlers . Scorpions and centipedes , toads and THE ASHANTEE CHIEF .
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Man. of European settlers . Scorpions and centipedes , toads and frogs of an enormous size , and lizards in great variety , abound . Birds " of every wing , " too numerous to mention , ( and some indeed as yet ... European settlers. ...
Man. of European settlers . Scorpions and centipedes , toads and frogs of an enormous size , and lizards in great variety , abound . Birds " of every wing , " too numerous to mention , ( and some indeed as yet ... European settlers. ...
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