Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... wolf - the whole moving mass are strangers to me . The living , in everything , carry an air of untractable wildness about ... wolves and dogs , and there they were left to moulder and decay . • Whenever a person died , and the customary ...
... wolf - the whole moving mass are strangers to me . The living , in everything , carry an air of untractable wildness about ... wolves and dogs , and there they were left to moulder and decay . • Whenever a person died , and the customary ...
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... many Indian nations , who have many modes of hunting down these powerful animals . Besides buffaloes , the prairies abound with wolves ; and of these animals the buffaloes , when herded together , appear to THE MANDAN INDIANS .
... many Indian nations , who have many modes of hunting down these powerful animals . Besides buffaloes , the prairies abound with wolves ; and of these animals the buffaloes , when herded together , appear to THE MANDAN INDIANS .
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... wolf , drawing the head over his own shoulders , and , armed with the short , sinewy bow , and a handful of arrows , crawls towards the herd on his hands and knees , until he approaches within a few rods of the unsuspecting group , and ...
... wolf , drawing the head over his own shoulders , and , armed with the short , sinewy bow , and a handful of arrows , crawls towards the herd on his hands and knees , until he approaches within a few rods of the unsuspecting group , and ...
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... wolves , and jackals . Reptiles are prodigiously numerous : -serpents of every size , from the common boa to one not a yard long , but exceedingly venomous , infest not only the woods and long grass , but the dwellings of the natives ...
... wolves , and jackals . Reptiles are prodigiously numerous : -serpents of every size , from the common boa to one not a yard long , but exceedingly venomous , infest not only the woods and long grass , but the dwellings of the natives ...
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... wolves , lynxes , foxes , hares , martens , and otters , are to be met with . Among birds , the eagle , woodcock , and a variety of sea - fowl have here their home . The population is not numerous , probably not exceeding seven thousand ...
... wolves , lynxes , foxes , hares , martens , and otters , are to be met with . Among birds , the eagle , woodcock , and a variety of sea - fowl have here their home . The population is not numerous , probably not exceeding seven thousand ...
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