Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... before the winter set in , without any great difficulty . By the 8th of October , however , the ice had gathered round them , and they were fast frozen in . " There was not , " writes the captain , " an atom of clear water BOOTHIA FELIX.
... before the winter set in , without any great difficulty . By the 8th of October , however , the ice had gathered round them , and they were fast frozen in . " There was not , " writes the captain , " an atom of clear water BOOTHIA FELIX.
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... frozen in , and compelled to pass , not one , but four dreary winters there , sorely against their hopes and wishes , when they had expected to acquire great renown by forcing their way through the Polar Sea , and emerging through ...
... frozen in , and compelled to pass , not one , but four dreary winters there , sorely against their hopes and wishes , when they had expected to acquire great renown by forcing their way through the Polar Sea , and emerging through ...
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... - skin trowsers , reaching very low on the leg ; besides which , some of them had shoes outside their boots , and trowsers of seal instead of deer - skin . And very comfortable clothing this must have been for such a frozen BOOTHIA FELIX.
... - skin trowsers , reaching very low on the leg ; besides which , some of them had shoes outside their boots , and trowsers of seal instead of deer - skin . And very comfortable clothing this must have been for such a frozen BOOTHIA FELIX.
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Man. comfortable clothing this must have been for such a frozen climate . Under such a heap of clothing they appeared . a much larger people than they really were . All of them bore spears , looking not much unlike a walking - stick ...
Man. comfortable clothing this must have been for such a frozen climate . Under such a heap of clothing they appeared . a much larger people than they really were . All of them bore spears , looking not much unlike a walking - stick ...
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... frozen countries , and that the natives cannot subsist without it , becoming diseased and soon dying under a less oleaginous diet . Nor is this impossible , since patients in English hospitals , who have been dosed with fish - oil for ...
... frozen countries , and that the natives cannot subsist without it , becoming diseased and soon dying under a less oleaginous diet . Nor is this impossible , since patients in English hospitals , who have been dosed with fish - oil for ...
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abound animals appear arctic ASHANTEE CHIEF beast beneath bird-nester birds boats body BOOTHIA FELIX buffalo Captain Harris Captain Ross carcase catching Catlin China Chinese civilized climate coast colour comfort Confucius coracle courage covered deer dogs dressed duction earth eggs eider-duck elephant engraving Esquimaux European feet forests frozen Fury Beach gannet grass Greenland habits hair Hebrides herd Hindoo hundred Indian inhabited jungle king land Laplander length lichen living lodges MANDAN INDIANS Mandans manner miles monante Moselekatse nation natives nests night North America northern Norway once parsee passed perish Polar Sea poor pounds weight reach regions reindeer rivers robes rock rope round sachems sail sea-fowl seemed ship shore side Sir Felix Booth skin sledges snow soon spear spot stick summer thousand tiger Tiriksiu trees tribe vessel Victory village visited voyage wigwam wild winter wolf wolves wood