Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... poor Ashantee that but a few centuries ago and such a picture as this would have been almost exactly applicable to our pagan forefathers , whether of British or of Saxon race . Such as the Ashantee is now , such were our ancestors ...
... poor Ashantee that but a few centuries ago and such a picture as this would have been almost exactly applicable to our pagan forefathers , whether of British or of Saxon race . Such as the Ashantee is now , such were our ancestors ...
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... poor defence . In this country the Aurora Borealis is seen in all its glory , and in the winter season in a thousand fantastic forms nightly illuminates their hemisphere . The stature of the people is short , varying in general between ...
... poor defence . In this country the Aurora Borealis is seen in all its glory , and in the winter season in a thousand fantastic forms nightly illuminates their hemisphere . The stature of the people is short , varying in general between ...
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... poor captain and his men were frozen in , and compelled to pass , not one , but four dreary winters there , sorely against their hopes and wishes , when they had expected to acquire great renown by forcing their way through the Polar ...
... poor captain and his men were frozen in , and compelled to pass , not one , but four dreary winters there , sorely against their hopes and wishes , when they had expected to acquire great renown by forcing their way through the Polar ...
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... poor people , simple and ignorant as we may think them , manage to live in health , comfort , and plenty , where Europeans , however hardy , and provided beforehand with a home , ( their ship ) , fitted up with every comfort , with ...
... poor people , simple and ignorant as we may think them , manage to live in health , comfort , and plenty , where Europeans , however hardy , and provided beforehand with a home , ( their ship ) , fitted up with every comfort , with ...
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... poor native , named Tulluiahu , had lost a leg , and was obliged to be drawn on sledges whenever the company moved from place to place . The ship's carpenter set to work and made him a wooden - leg , with which he stumped about with ...
... poor native , named Tulluiahu , had lost a leg , and was obliged to be drawn on sledges whenever the company moved from place to place . The ship's carpenter set to work and made him a wooden - leg , with which he stumped about with ...
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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