Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen2Harper, 1843 |
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... animals ; but we had no success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever ...
... animals ; but we had no success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them with ad- vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir- ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify- ing visit we had ever ...
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... animals with their tusks , with the intention either of getting them away , or else of joining in the attack upon them . Many of these animals had young ones , which , when assaulted , they either took between their 18 SECOND VOYAGE FOR ...
... animals with their tusks , with the intention either of getting them away , or else of joining in the attack upon them . Many of these animals had young ones , which , when assaulted , they either took between their 18 SECOND VOYAGE FOR ...
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... animals lashed together . At the upper end of this is attached another short piece of bone at right angles , for the purpose of extending the skins a little at the top , which is generally from six to seven feet from the ground . The ...
... animals lashed together . At the upper end of this is attached another short piece of bone at right angles , for the purpose of extending the skins a little at the top , which is generally from six to seven feet from the ground . The ...
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... animals , and an old one of pecu- liar sagacity was placed at their head by having a longer trace , so as to lead them over the safest and driest places , for these animals have a great dread of water . The leader was instant in obeying ...
... animals , and an old one of pecu- liar sagacity was placed at their head by having a longer trace , so as to lead them over the safest and driest places , for these animals have a great dread of water . The leader was instant in obeying ...
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... animals stick to it ; from their colour they are easily detected , and , of course , consigned to the mouths of the hunters . " The weather clearing in the afternoon , one ship was seen in the distance , which diffused a general joy ...
... animals stick to it ; from their colour they are easily detected , and , of course , consigned to the mouths of the hunters . " The weather clearing in the afternoon , one ship was seen in the distance , which diffused a general joy ...
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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 extreme farther fathoms favourable feet five floe 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