The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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Página 85
... shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ; and the fishermen , ever ...
... shots are fired at them , until one more successful than the rest at last drives away our companions . The sailors told us that in the autumn small bottle - noses frequent the coasts in pursuit of the herring ; and the fishermen , ever ...
Página 94
... shot up into the air about 1,200 feet above us ; its otherwise bleak and wall - like face was cut up by stratification into a series of narrow ledges inacces- sible to all save the winged denizens of the air , who here found a secure ...
... shot up into the air about 1,200 feet above us ; its otherwise bleak and wall - like face was cut up by stratification into a series of narrow ledges inacces- sible to all save the winged denizens of the air , who here found a secure ...
Página 99
... shot after shot told how eager the pursuit was , how difficult the capture . The cartridge boxes left with the men for their pro- tection were nearly emptied of their contents early in the day , as the wild duck knew to their cost . is ...
... shot after shot told how eager the pursuit was , how difficult the capture . The cartridge boxes left with the men for their pro- tection were nearly emptied of their contents early in the day , as the wild duck knew to their cost . is ...
Página 107
... shot , hurry up , and entirely forgetting the advice of the Hull Harbour- master , jump on to the treacherous ice and hasten to the opposite side ; there the ledge overhangs some- what ; the mass yields beneath our weight , and we are ...
... shot , hurry up , and entirely forgetting the advice of the Hull Harbour- master , jump on to the treacherous ice and hasten to the opposite side ; there the ledge overhangs some- what ; the mass yields beneath our weight , and we are ...
Página 111
... shot . His beautifully white breast and glossy black plumage greatly interested us , but for lack of the requisite materials for preserving the skins , we were unable to bring back specimens . The sailors enjoyed the flesh of these ...
... shot . His beautifully white breast and glossy black plumage greatly interested us , but for lack of the requisite materials for preserving the skins , we were unable to bring back specimens . The sailors enjoyed the flesh of these ...
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