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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... occasion throughout the voyage , by all those among us who could overcome the prej- udice arising chiefly from the dark colour of the flesh . In no other respect that I could ever dis- cover , is the meat of the walrus , when fresh ...
... occasion throughout the voyage , by all those among us who could overcome the prej- udice arising chiefly from the dark colour of the flesh . In no other respect that I could ever dis- cover , is the meat of the walrus , when fresh ...
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... occasions particularly struck us . Of these I shall , at present , only men- tion two : Nōōgloo , an adopted son of Toolemak , and Kōngōlěk , a brother of " John Bull . " These two young men , who were from eighteen to twenty years of ...
... occasions particularly struck us . Of these I shall , at present , only men- tion two : Nōōgloo , an adopted son of Toolemak , and Kōngōlěk , a brother of " John Bull . " These two young men , who were from eighteen to twenty years of ...
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... occasion any great distress . It is cer- tain , indeed , that the quantity of meat which they procured between the 1st of October and the 1st of April was sufficient to furnish about double the population of working people , who were ...
... occasion any great distress . It is cer- tain , indeed , that the quantity of meat which they procured between the 1st of October and the 1st of April was sufficient to furnish about double the population of working people , who were ...
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... occasion of great plenty , one or two in- dividuals were seen lying in the huts , so distended by the quantity of meat they had eaten that they were unable to move , and were suffering consider- able pain , arising solely from this ...
... occasion of great plenty , one or two in- dividuals were seen lying in the huts , so distended by the quantity of meat they had eaten that they were unable to move , and were suffering consider- able pain , arising solely from this ...
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... occasions . As I was desirous of ascertaining , beyond any doubt , the identity of the Khemig , to which I had sailed in the autumn , with that seen by Captain Lyon on his journey with the Esquimaux , I determined to accompany the ...
... occasions . As I was desirous of ascertaining , beyond any doubt , the identity of the Khemig , to which I had sailed in the autumn , with that seen by Captain Lyon on his journey with the Esquimaux , I determined to accompany the ...
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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