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After falling about fifteen feet at angle of 30 ° with a vertical line , the width of the
stream is still narrowed to about forty yards , and then , as if mus . tering its whole
force previous to its final descent , is precipitated , in one vast , continuous sheet
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After falling about fifteen feet at angle of 30 ° with a vertical line , the width of the
stream is still narrowed to about forty yards , and then , as if mus . tering its whole
force previous to its final descent , is precipitated , in one vast , continuous sheet
...
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On approaching the ice , our people found them huddled close to , and even
lying upon , one another , in separate droves of from twelve to thirty , the whole
number near the boats being perhaps about two hundred . Most of them waited
quietly ...
On approaching the ice , our people found them huddled close to , and even
lying upon , one another , in separate droves of from twelve to thirty , the whole
number near the boats being perhaps about two hundred . Most of them waited
quietly ...
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The lower borders of the skins are held down by stones laid on them outside ;
and , to keep the whole fabric in an erect position , a line of thong is extended
from the top , on the side where the door is , to a larger stone placed at some
distance ...
The lower borders of the skins are held down by stones laid on them outside ;
and , to keep the whole fabric in an erect position , a line of thong is extended
from the top , on the side where the door is , to a larger stone placed at some
distance ...
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At the inner end of the tent , which is also the broadest , and oce cupying about
one third of the whole apartment , their skins are laid as a bed , having under
them some of the andromeda tetragona when the ground is hard , but in this case
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At the inner end of the tent , which is also the broadest , and oce cupying about
one third of the whole apartment , their skins are laid as a bed , having under
them some of the andromeda tetragona when the ground is hard , but in this case
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The crevices , as well as the whole of the outside , were then covered with turf ,
which , with the additional coating of snow in the winter , serves to exclude the
cold air very effectually . The entrance is to . wards the south , and consists of a ...
The crevices , as well as the whole of the outside , were then covered with turf ,
which , with the additional coating of snow in the winter , serves to exclude the
cold air very effectually . The entrance is to . wards the south , and consists of a ...
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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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