Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-shoes: A Journal of Siberian Travel and Explorations Made in the Years 1865, 1866, and 1867

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Harper & brothers, 1871 - 529 Seiten
 

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Seite 458 - BOOK. The Land and the Book ; or, Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and the Scenery of the Holy Land. By WM THOMSON, DD, Twentyfive Years a Missionary of the ABCFM in Syria and Palestine. With two elaborate Maps of Palestine, an accurate Plan of Jerusalem, and several hundred Engravings, representing the Scenery, Topography, and Productions of the Holy Land, and the Costumes, Manners, and Habits of the People.
Seite 455 - HAYDN'S DICTIONARY; OF DATES, relating to all Ages and Nations. For Universal Reference. Edited by BENJAMIN VINCENT, Assistant Secretary and Keeper of the. Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain ; and Revised for the Use of American Readers.
Seite 455 - SKETCHES OF CREATION. Sketches of Creation : a Popular View of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of ihe Intimations of Science respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System.
Seite 455 - Gennesareth, &c. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine and Egypt, and the Waters of Damascus.
Seite 458 - HOMES WITHOUT HANDS; a Description of the Habitations of Animals, classed according to their Principle of Construction.
Seite 455 - View of some of the Grand Conclusions of the Sciences in reference to the History of Matter and of Life. Together with a Statement of the Intimations of Science respecting the Primordial Condition and the Ultimate Destiny of the Earth and the Solar System. By...
Seite 103 - ... and comfort, and in going for longer periods. One of the elements of progressive culture is the multiplication of the necessities of travel. Bush says of the Giliaks, "We could not make them understand that all our supplies would be required for the journey, as they carry little while traveling.
Seite 303 - The pilot passed the word to drop anchor off Dungeness. Here we lay snug enough, and at eight o'clock the watch was set, Frank Sealove and John Gunstaveson being on deck and on the watch; they died doing their duty. I went down to my berth, and was soon fast asleep. I don't know how long I had slept, when I was nearly shaken out of my hammock by a fearful crashing and a staggering over of the ship, as if she had been struck by a broadside of cannon shot. Before I knew where I was — being awoke...
Seite 385 - You know, sir, the winter has hardly commenced. I have a wife and seven children and seven dogs to support, and not a pound of meat or fish to give them. I have some deerskins and eight fathoms of thong that I can boil up. But these are not enough to sustain the family and the dogs too until the Tchuct-chu [steamer] comes to trade, and I don't know where to get more, as my neighbors are starving too.
Seite 117 - ... length from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.

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