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... tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses , perhaps
many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or sixty feet , from whence they again
rolled down on the inner or land side , and were quickly succeeded by a fresh
supply .
... tremendous crash , and for . cing numberless immense masses , perhaps
many tons in weight , to the height of fifty or sixty feet , from whence they again
rolled down on the inner or land side , and were quickly succeeded by a fresh
supply .
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... but rise almost immediately to the height of about two hundred feet . As we
proceeded we gradually heard the noise of a fall of water ; and being pres . ently
obliged to strike more inland , as the bank became more precipitous , soon
obtained ...
... but rise almost immediately to the height of about two hundred feet . As we
proceeded we gradually heard the noise of a fall of water ; and being pres . ently
obliged to strike more inland , as the bank became more precipitous , soon
obtained ...
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At the head of the fall , or where it commences its principal descent , the river is
contracted to about one hundred and fifty feet in breadth , the channel being
hollowed out through a solid rock of gneiss . After falling about fifteen feet at
angle of ...
At the head of the fall , or where it commences its principal descent , the river is
contracted to about one hundred and fifty feet in breadth , the channel being
hollowed out through a solid rock of gneiss . After falling about fifteen feet at
angle of ...
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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 lower part of the tent - pole rests on a large
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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 lower part of the tent - pole rests on a large
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The beds are raised by stones two feet from the ground , and oc . cupy about one
third of the apartment at the inner end , and the windows and a part of the roofs
had been taken away for the convenience of removing their furniture in the spring
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The beds are raised by stones two feet from the ground , and oc . cupy about one
third of the apartment at the inner end , and the windows and a part of the roofs
had been taken away for the convenience of removing their furniture in the spring
...
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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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