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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... , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was lest they should go mad on account of them . The women screamed in a con- vulsive manner at everything they received , and cried for OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 11.
... , with numerous presents , of which the only danger to be apprehended was lest they should go mad on account of them . The women screamed in a con- vulsive manner at everything they received , and cried for OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 11.
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... women's utensils , together with great lumps of raw seahorse flesh and blubber , which at this season they enjoy . ed in most disgusting abundance . At the inner end of the tent , which is also the broadest , and oc- cupying about one ...
... women's utensils , together with great lumps of raw seahorse flesh and blubber , which at this season they enjoy . ed in most disgusting abundance . At the inner end of the tent , which is also the broadest , and oc- cupying about one ...
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... woman in pulling off our wet clothes and boots , which lat- ter being of native manufacture , she new - soled and mended without any request on our side , consider- ing us as a part of the family . Dunn slept in the little tent to watch ...
... woman in pulling off our wet clothes and boots , which lat- ter being of native manufacture , she new - soled and mended without any request on our side , consider- ing us as a part of the family . Dunn slept in the little tent to watch ...
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... women volunteered to cook for us ; and , as we preferred a fire in the open air to their lamps , the good - natured creatures sat an hour in the rain to stew some venison which we had saved from our shares of the deer . The fires in ...
... women volunteered to cook for us ; and , as we preferred a fire in the open air to their lamps , the good - natured creatures sat an hour in the rain to stew some venison which we had saved from our shares of the deer . The fires in ...
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... women with the children at their backs would not be outdone by the men , and they formed a grotesque party of opposition jumpers . Tired with a long exhibition , I retreated to the tent , but was allowed a very short repose , as I was ...
... women with the children at their backs would not be outdone by the men , and they formed a grotesque party of opposition jumpers . Tired with a long exhibition , I retreated to the tent , but was allowed a very short repose , as I was ...
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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