Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... feet above the bed of the river , which there , suddenly changing its course at a right - angle , protected two sides of the village , which had a most novel appearance to the eye of a stranger . The lodges , looking like huge inverted ...
... feet above the bed of the river , which there , suddenly changing its course at a right - angle , protected two sides of the village , which had a most novel appearance to the eye of a stranger . The lodges , looking like huge inverted ...
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... feet , to the required extent , and levelling the excavation . The walls were then formed of strong timbers , eight or nine inches diameter , firmly fixed in the ground round the sides thus prepared , and a formidable embankment of ...
... feet , to the required extent , and levelling the excavation . The walls were then formed of strong timbers , eight or nine inches diameter , firmly fixed in the ground round the sides thus prepared , and a formidable embankment of ...
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... feet , that they became almost polished , and would scarcely soil the whitest linen . It was no uncommon thing to see these lodges fifty feet in diameter inside , with a row of curtained beds , extend- ing round their sides , and the ...
... feet , that they became almost polished , and would scarcely soil the whitest linen . It was no uncommon thing to see these lodges fifty feet in diameter inside , with a row of curtained beds , extend- ing round their sides , and the ...
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... , which is laid upon its back , with its feet carefully presented towards the rising sun . A similar practice takes place among the Canadian Indians ; but the body , besides being carefully bandaged THE MANDAN INDIANS .
... , which is laid upon its back , with its feet carefully presented towards the rising sun . A similar practice takes place among the Canadian Indians ; but the body , besides being carefully bandaged THE MANDAN INDIANS .
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... feet in diameter , strong stakes of such a length that the wolf cannot leap over them are driven into the ground tolerably close to each other . In the midst of this circle , a single stake is driven , to which is tied a lamb : a second ...
... feet in diameter , strong stakes of such a length that the wolf cannot leap over them are driven into the ground tolerably close to each other . In the midst of this circle , a single stake is driven , to which is tied a lamb : a second ...
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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