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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... hand , snapped it in two . They produced us very little oil , the blubber being thin and poor at this season , but were welcomed in a way that had not been anticipated ; for some quarters of this " marine beef , " as Captain Cook has ...
... hand , snapped it in two . They produced us very little oil , the blubber being thin and poor at this season , but were welcomed in a way that had not been anticipated ; for some quarters of this " marine beef , " as Captain Cook has ...
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... hand as they advanced , a custom not before mentioned , as we had some doubt about it at Win- ter Island , and which they soon discontinued here . They also frequently called out tima , a word which , according to Hearne , signifies in ...
... hand as they advanced , a custom not before mentioned , as we had some doubt about it at Win- ter Island , and which they soon discontinued here . They also frequently called out tima , a word which , according to Hearne , signifies in ...
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... hand . We therefore em ployed all our eloquence in endeavouring to pro- cure a supply of this kind by means of the Esqui . maux themselves , in which we at length so far suc- ceeded , that Toolemak promised , for certain valu . able ...
... hand . We therefore em ployed all our eloquence in endeavouring to pro- cure a supply of this kind by means of the Esqui . maux themselves , in which we at length so far suc- ceeded , that Toolemak promised , for certain valu . able ...
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... hand , desired Dunn to follow . He led to a tent , which , from the stillness within , I conjectured was untenanted . Several men stood near the door , and , on entering , I found eighteen women assembled and seated in regular order ...
... hand , desired Dunn to follow . He led to a tent , which , from the stillness within , I conjectured was untenanted . Several men stood near the door , and , on entering , I found eighteen women assembled and seated in regular order ...
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... hands , performed a ceremony called Kōō . nik , which is rubbing noses , to the great amusement and amid the plaudits of the whole company . Af . ter this , as if much refreshed , he resumed his per- formance , occasionally , however ...
... hands , performed a ceremony called Kōō . nik , which is rubbing noses , to the great amusement and amid the plaudits of the whole company . Af . ter this , as if much refreshed , he resumed his per- formance , occasionally , however ...
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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