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Our sportsmen were fortunate in obtaining four of these 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. ...
Our sportsmen were fortunate in obtaining four of these 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. ...
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A number of the others came round them , also repeatedly striking the wounded
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 ...
A number of the others came round them , also repeatedly striking the wounded
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 ...
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These were put together in a clumsy and irregular patchwork , form . ing a sort of
bag of a shape rather oval than round , and supported near the middle by a rude
tent - pole composed of several deer's horns or the bones of other animals ...
These were put together in a clumsy and irregular patchwork , form . ing a sort of
bag of a shape rather oval than round , and supported near the middle by a rude
tent - pole composed of several deer's horns or the bones of other animals ...
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Our eleven dogs were large , fine - looking animals , and an old one of peculiar
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 .
Our eleven dogs were large , fine - looking animals , and an old one of peculiar
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 .
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This was the rib of a seal , having a bunch of the whitest of a deer's hair attached
to one end of it , and on this rubbing the places which require it , the little animals
stick to it ; from their colour they are easily detected , and , of course , consigned ...
This was the rib of a seal , having a bunch of the whitest of a deer's hair attached
to one end of it , and on this rubbing the places which require it , the little animals
stick to it ; from their colour they are easily detected , and , of course , consigned ...
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| Título | 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, Volumen2 School District Library, no. 100-[101?] 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, Sir William Edward Parry |
| Autor | Sir William Edward Parry |
| Editor | Harper, 1843 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad Estatal de Ohio |
| Digitalizado | 23 Mayo 2013 |
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