Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions: With Detailed Notices of the Expeditions in Search of the Missing Vessals Under Sir John FranklinGeo. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving them in ice , they re- turned at midnight with a boat - load of about 1500 , having on an average , killed fifteen at each ...
... boats being sent from the Isabella to procure as many of these birds as possible , for the purpose of preserving them in ice , they re- turned at midnight with a boat - load of about 1500 , having on an average , killed fifteen at each ...
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... boat at the stern was smashed in the collision , and the masts were hourly expected to go by the board ; but at this ... boats quite refreshed , and continuing at it without a murmur . After making hasty and very cursory examinations of ...
... boat at the stern was smashed in the collision , and the masts were hourly expected to go by the board ; but at this ... boats quite refreshed , and continuing at it without a murmur . After making hasty and very cursory examinations of ...
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... boats of that ship , and killed . One , which was shot through the head , unfor- tunately sank ; the other , on being wounded , attacked the boats , and showed considerable play , but was at length secured and towed to the Isabella by the ...
... boats of that ship , and killed . One , which was shot through the head , unfor- tunately sank ; the other , on being wounded , attacked the boats , and showed considerable play , but was at length secured and towed to the Isabella by the ...
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... boats went better prepared and more strongly supported , and many of these monsters were killed ; some were four- teen feet in length , and nine feet girth , and of such prodigious weight , that the boat's crew could scarcely turn them ...
... boats went better prepared and more strongly supported , and many of these monsters were killed ; some were four- teen feet in length , and nine feet girth , and of such prodigious weight , that the boat's crew could scarcely turn them ...
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... boat and approaching their residence , these people knelt upon its threshold , and offered up a prayer with fervor and evident sincerity . The exact nature of the prayer we did not learn , but it was no doubt one of thanksgiving , and ...
... boat and approaching their residence , these people knelt upon its threshold , and offered up a prayer with fervor and evident sincerity . The exact nature of the prayer we did not learn , but it was no doubt one of thanksgiving , and ...
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