Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... cold and aguish dew . Oh , it is indeed a horrible climate for 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 ...
... cold and aguish dew . Oh , it is indeed a horrible climate for 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 ...
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... cold and moun- tainous : three - fourths of the year the country is covered with 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 ...
... cold and moun- tainous : three - fourths of the year the country is covered with 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 ...
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... cold sets in with great rains , which the frost immediately congeals , the coating of ice incrusts the earth before the snow falls , and the lichen on which the reindeer feed is entirely buried , so that they cannot get at it . In such ...
... cold sets in with great rains , which the frost immediately congeals , the coating of ice incrusts the earth before the snow falls , and the lichen on which the reindeer feed is entirely buried , so that they cannot get at it . In such ...
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... cold ; amongst them are unknown . As this grass in the winter drives away the cold , so in the summer it checks the perspi- ration of the feet , and preserves them from being injured by the stones , against which their untanned shoes ...
... cold ; amongst them are unknown . As this grass in the winter drives away the cold , so in the summer it checks the perspi- ration of the feet , and preserves them from being injured by the stones , against which their untanned shoes ...
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... cold — a land which is never , even during the height of its brief summer , free from ice and snow - where such a thing as a tree or a flower is never seen ; mosses and lichens , and in sheltered situations a few grasses , being almost ...
... cold — a land which is never , even during the height of its brief summer , free from ice and snow - where such a thing as a tree or a flower is never seen ; mosses and lichens , and in sheltered situations a few grasses , being almost ...
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