Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 10
Sivu
... gives instances of several elementary words in Mandan and Welch which are almost identical . The Mandan canoes , also , are altogether different from those of other Indians , and exactly resemble the Welch coracle , being made of raw ...
... gives instances of several elementary words in Mandan and Welch which are almost identical . The Mandan canoes , also , are altogether different from those of other Indians , and exactly resemble the Welch coracle , being made of raw ...
Sivu
... gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the immense accumulation of the quickly - decaying vegetation ; it creeps along the valleys and the courses of the streams , until drawn ...
... gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the immense accumulation of the quickly - decaying vegetation ; it creeps along the valleys and the courses of the streams , until drawn ...
Sivu
... gives birth , in rich abundance , to the noblest forms and brightest colours of vegetable life . Nor are its animals less various or numerous . Among them are the elephant , the rhinoceros , and the giraffe , monkeys of various sizes ...
... gives birth , in rich abundance , to the noblest forms and brightest colours of vegetable life . Nor are its animals less various or numerous . Among them are the elephant , the rhinoceros , and the giraffe , monkeys of various sizes ...
Sivu
... in vain ; though in the morning time they could see the animal's foot - prints above and below their station , yet they could never catch sight of the beast himself , and the gentleman was about to give it up as a bad TIGER HUNTING .
... in vain ; though in the morning time they could see the animal's foot - prints above and below their station , yet they could never catch sight of the beast himself , and the gentleman was about to give it up as a bad TIGER HUNTING .
Sivu
Man. gentleman was about to give it up as a bad job , when one day a native came hastening to his abode , to tell him that the tiger was abroad . The animal had killed a small cow near the jungle , and had left the carcase untouched , a ...
Man. gentleman was about to give it up as a bad job , when one day a native came hastening to his abode , to tell him that the tiger was abroad . The animal had killed a small cow near the jungle , and had left the carcase untouched , a ...
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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