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These were of the same cira cular and dome - like form as the snow - huts , but
built with much more durable materials , the lower part or foundation being of
stones , and the rest of the various bones of the whale and walrus , gradu . ally ...
These were of the same cira cular and dome - like form as the snow - huts , but
built with much more durable materials , the lower part or foundation being of
stones , and the rest of the various bones of the whale and walrus , gradu . ally ...
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In every direction around the huts were lying innumerable bones of walruses and
seals , together with sculls of dogs , bears , and foxes , on many of which a part of
the putrid flesh still remaining sent forth the most offensive effluvia . We were ...
In every direction around the huts were lying innumerable bones of walruses and
seals , together with sculls of dogs , bears , and foxes , on many of which a part of
the putrid flesh still remaining sent forth the most offensive effluvia . We were ...
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... though such was the difficulty of distinguish . ing this from Neerlo - nakto , or
either from the main land , on account of the snow that covered them , that , had it
not been for the Esquimaux huts , we should not easily have recognised the
place ...
... though such was the difficulty of distinguish . ing this from Neerlo - nakto , or
either from the main land , on account of the snow that covered them , that , had it
not been for the Esquimaux huts , we should not easily have recognised the
place ...
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This , however , as we soon af . terward found , was only a preparation for the
final winter covering of snow ; and , indeed , many of the huts were subsequently
lined in the same way within , the skins being attached to the sides and roof by ...
This , however , as we soon af . terward found , was only a preparation for the
final winter covering of snow ; and , indeed , many of the huts were subsequently
lined in the same way within , the skins being attached to the sides and roof by ...
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About the middle of the month of December several of the Esquimaux had moved
from the huts at Igloolik , some taking up their quarters on the ice at a
considerable distance to the northwest , and the rest about a mile outside the
summer ...
About the middle of the month of December several of the Esquimaux had moved
from the huts at Igloolik , some taking up their quarters on the ice at a
considerable distance to the northwest , and the rest about a mile outside the
summer ...
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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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