Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... living , in everything , carry an air of untractable wildness about them , and the dead are not buried , but dried upon scaffolds . " For the Mandans never buried their dead , but placed the bodies on light scaffolds , just above the ...
... living , in everything , carry an air of untractable wildness about them , and the dead are not buried , but dried upon scaffolds . " For the Mandans never buried their dead , but placed the bodies on light scaffolds , just above the ...
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... . ” The deep shade of huge forests overhangs their banks , beneath which lurks many a monster of the deep : —the huge hippopotamus , the cruel and crafty alligator , and , deadlier still than any living foe THE ASHANTEE CHIEF. ...
... . ” The deep shade of huge forests overhangs their banks , beneath which lurks many a monster of the deep : —the huge hippopotamus , the cruel and crafty alligator , and , deadlier still than any living foe THE ASHANTEE CHIEF. ...
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Man. alligator , and , deadlier still than any living foe , the fatal African fever . There , as the night , chilly with heavy dews , gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the ...
Man. alligator , and , deadlier still than any living foe , the fatal African fever . There , as the night , chilly with heavy dews , gives way to morning , a stifling and sulphureous mist rises from the river's slime , and from the ...
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... living in that natural state , as it has been called , or rather that barbarous one , in which a man consumes what he pro- duces , and lives independent of the arts of civilized life , its tastes , and enjoyments . The Laplander uses ...
... living in that natural state , as it has been called , or rather that barbarous one , in which a man consumes what he pro- duces , and lives independent of the arts of civilized life , its tastes , and enjoyments . The Laplander uses ...
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... living that he gets . With the reindeer harnessed to a sledge in the manner described in the picture , the Laplander traverses in winter- time hill and dale , lake and plain . This animal possesses astonishing power of endurance ...
... living that he gets . With the reindeer harnessed to a sledge in the manner described in the picture , the Laplander traverses in winter- time hill and dale , lake and plain . This animal possesses astonishing power of endurance ...
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