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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... passing the two small- er cataracts , found the river again increased in width to above two hundred yards , winding in the most romantic manner imaginable among the hills , and preserving a smooth and unruffled surface for a distance of ...
... passing the two small- er cataracts , found the river again increased in width to above two hundred yards , winding in the most romantic manner imaginable among the hills , and preserving a smooth and unruffled surface for a distance of ...
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... passed in dealing out our in- formation from the southward , and never did any arrival excite more anxious inquiries than those we were now obliged to answer . So intimate was the knowledge we possessed respecting many of their ...
... passed in dealing out our in- formation from the southward , and never did any arrival excite more anxious inquiries than those we were now obliged to answer . So intimate was the knowledge we possessed respecting many of their ...
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... passed some hours on shore very agreeably . About half a mile in . land of the tents , and situated upon the rising ground beyond the swamps and ponds before men . tioned , we found the ruins of several winter habi- tations , which ...
... passed some hours on shore very agreeably . About half a mile in . land of the tents , and situated upon the rising ground beyond the swamps and ponds before men . tioned , we found the ruins of several winter habi- tations , which ...
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... we set forward on our return , and , without seeing any object but the flat and decaying ice , passed from land to land with our former ce lerity , dashing through large pools of water much oftener OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 33.
... we set forward on our return , and , without seeing any object but the flat and decaying ice , passed from land to land with our former ce lerity , dashing through large pools of water much oftener OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 33.
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... passed the little island of Oogliaghioo , im- mediately perceived to the W.N.W. of us a group of islands , so exactly answering the description of Coxe's Group , both in character and situation , as to leave no doubt of our being ...
... passed the little island of Oogliaghioo , im- mediately perceived to the W.N.W. of us a group of islands , so exactly answering the description of Coxe's Group , both in character and situation , as to leave no doubt of our being ...
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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