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... may be conceived from the following description of what happened to us on the
9th . At half past eight on the morning of the 9th , a considerable space of open
water being left to the northward 12 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... may be conceived from the following description of what happened to us on the
9th . At half past eight on the morning of the 9th , a considerable space of open
water being left to the northward 12 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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We returned on board at thir . ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify . ing
visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re . gions . We found on our return
that a fresh , southerly breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had ...
We returned on board at thir . ty minutes past two P.M. , after the most gratify . ing
visit we had ever paid to the shore in these re . gions . We found on our return
that a fresh , southerly breeze , which had been blowing for several hours , had ...
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At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore
immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their
appearance at the edge of the land - ice intervening between us and the beach .
We soon ...
At thirty minutes past nine A.M. we observed several tents on the low shore
immediately abreast of us , and presently afterward five canoes made their
appearance at the edge of the land - ice intervening between us and the beach .
We soon ...
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... I divided it into shares . Arriving on the ice , a skin was taken from the sledge as
a seat , and we all squatted down to a re . past which was quite new to me . In ten
minutes the natives had picked the deer's bones so clean that even the hungry ...
... I divided it into shares . Arriving on the ice , a skin was taken from the sledge as
a seat , and we all squatted down to a re . past which was quite new to me . In ten
minutes the natives had picked the deer's bones so clean that even the hungry ...
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We had for several days past occasionally seen black whales about the ships ,
and our boats were kept in constant readiness to strike one , for the sake of the oil
, in which endeavour they at length succeeded this morning . The usual signal ...
We had for several days past occasionally seen black whales about the ships ,
and our boats were kept in constant readiness to strike one , for the sake of the oil
, in which endeavour they at length succeeded this morning . The usual signal ...
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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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