Three Voyages for the Discovery of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen2Harper, 1858 |
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... five minutes together with the excess of their joy ; and to the honour of " John Bull " be it recorded , he sent by one of the men as he left the ship a piece of sealskin , as a present to Parree , be- ing the first offering of real ...
... five minutes together with the excess of their joy ; and to the honour of " John Bull " be it recorded , he sent by one of the men as he left the ship a piece of sealskin , as a present to Parree , be- ing the first offering of real ...
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... five or six hundred yards of the point , the danger to ourselves was twofold ; first , lest the floe should now swing in , and serve us much in the same man . ner ; and , secondly , lest its pressure should detach the land - ice to ...
... five or six hundred yards of the point , the danger to ourselves was twofold ; first , lest the floe should now swing in , and serve us much in the same man . ner ; and , secondly , lest its pressure should detach the land - ice to ...
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... five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high - water mark , we rambled up the banks of the stream , which are low next the water , but rise ...
... five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across . Land . ing on the south shore and hauling the boats up above high - water mark , we rambled up the banks of the stream , which are low next the water , but rise ...
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... five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the canoes ap- * This name being applied by the Esquimaux to several other portions ...
... five canoes made their appearance at the edge of the land - ice inter- vening between us and the beach . We soon found , by the cautious manner in which the canoes ap- * This name being applied by the Esquimaux to several other portions ...
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... five more about half a mile to the northward . By the time we reached the tents we were surrounded by a crowd of men , women , and children , all carrying some trifling ar- ticle , which they offered in barter , a business they seemed ...
... five more about half a mile to the northward . By the time we reached the tents we were surrounded by a crowd of men , women , and children , all carrying some trifling ar- ticle , which they offered in barter , a business they seemed ...
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animals appeared arrived beach board the Fury boats bone breeze canoes Captain Hoppner Captain Lyon circumstance clear close clothes coast Cockburn Island considerable continued course direction distance dogs dovekies drift eastward eight Esquimaux farther fathoms favourable feet five floe fore four fresh Fury's gale Greenland half past halted Hammerfest hauled Hecla huts Igloolik inches inlet journey Kabloonas kind labour land latitude length Lieutenant longitude by chronometers loose ice manner miles morning night noon northward NORTHWEST PASSAGE observed occasion officers open water party pemmican piece provisions quantity quarter reindeer remarkable rest round sail scarcely seahorse season secured seven P.M. ships shore side six A.M. skin sledge snow soon southward Spitzbergen strait Table Island tent thick tion Toolemak travelling usual walrus ward weather westward whale whole wind Winter Island winter passed women yards