Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... snow - plains and icebergs of Boothia Felix , in the fiery Ashantee , from the burning coast of Africa . The land of Ashantee forms the northern shore of the Gulph of Guinea , into which its numerous rivers " roll down the golden sand ...
... snow - plains and icebergs of Boothia Felix , in the fiery Ashantee , from the burning coast of Africa . The land of Ashantee forms the northern shore of the Gulph of Guinea , into which its numerous rivers " roll down the golden sand ...
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... snow ; and the frost between November and March is very intense . The snow lies on the ground till the middle of June ; but when the summer comes , the heat is very oppressive , and frequently insupportable on account of the great ...
... snow ; and the frost between November and March is very intense . The snow lies on the ground till the middle of June ; but when the summer comes , the heat is very oppressive , and frequently insupportable on account of the great ...
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... snow falls , and the lichen on which the reindeer feed is entirely buried , so that they cannot get at it . In such seasons of difficulty the only resource left , is that of felling old fir - trees , overgrown with the hairy liverwort ...
... snow falls , and the lichen on which the reindeer feed is entirely buried , so that they cannot get at it . In such seasons of difficulty the only resource left , is that of felling old fir - trees , overgrown with the hairy liverwort ...
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... scaled my wintry skies , and seen Of hail and snow my northern magazine ? These the dread treasures of mine anger are , My fund of vengeance for the day of war . " BOOTHIA FELIX AND THE ESQUIMAUX . FOR the last three THE LAPLANDERS .
... scaled my wintry skies , and seen Of hail and snow my northern magazine ? These the dread treasures of mine anger are , My fund of vengeance for the day of war . " BOOTHIA FELIX AND THE ESQUIMAUX . FOR the last three THE LAPLANDERS .
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... snow ever disappears from the land , or the ice from the sea , even in the height of summer ; and this is only for a very few weeks , or even days , and then again all is buried in adamantine chains for nine or ten weary months . The ...
... snow ever disappears from the land , or the ice from the sea , even in the height of summer ; and this is only for a very few weeks , or even days , and then again all is buried in adamantine chains for nine or ten weary months . The ...
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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