The Polar Regions of the Western Continent Explored: Embracing a Geographical Account of Iceland, Greenland, the Islands of the Frozen Sea, and the Northen Parts of the American Continent. Together with the Adventures ... of ... Navigators, in Those RegionsW.W. Reed, 1831 - 501 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
Akaitcho Althing animal appearance arrived beach boat canoes Cape Cape Kater Capt Captain Franklin CHAPTER Chippewyan coast covered deer distance dogs Dr Richardson drift drift ice eight encamped Esquimaux farther fire fish floe formed Fort Providence four Geyser gneiss Greenland Griper ground harpoon Hecla hills Hudson's hundred hunters huts Iceland Igloolik inches Indians inhabitants inlet killed land Landnamabok latitude lava longitude masses of ice Melville Island miles morning mountains musk-ox narwhales natives navigation night northern northward observed officers Parry party passage passed pieces reindeer Reykiavik River rocks Rurick sailed seal season seen ships shore side Skaptar skin Slave Lake sledges snow soon Southampton Island Spitzbergen stones Strait stream surface Syssel tain tents thick tion Uskees usual voyage weather westward whale whole wind winter Winter Island women yards Yokul
Pasajes populares
Página 184 - The distance at which sounds were heard in the open air, during the continuance of intense cold, was so great as constantly to afford matter of surprise to us, notwithstanding the frequency with which we had occasion to remark it. We have, for instance...
Página 173 - ... organ, or, not unfrequently, to a song of their own singing. Among the men were a few who did not at first quite like this systematic mode of taking exercise ; but when they found that no...
Página 455 - Hepburn and I were not in a condition to resist even an open attack, nor could we by any device escape from him. Our united strength was far inferior to his, and, beside his gun, he was armed with two pistols, an Indian bayonet and a knife. In the afternoon, coming to a rock on which there was some tripe de roche, he halted, and said he would gather it whilst we went on, and that he would soon overtake us. Hepburn and I were now left together for the first time since Mr. Hood's death, and he acquainted...
Página 288 - The wolves had now begun to do us some damage; for not even the sails that were fastened round the house and observatory could escape their ravenous fangs, and they had thus, in the course of a single night, much injured two of our studding-sails. We set traps for them on the ice, and also large shark-hooks, secured with chains and baited with meat; but the former they entered and destroyed, and the latter was always found broken or bent, without securing the depredators.
Página 460 - He and myself immediately addressed thanksgiving to the throne of mercy for this deliverance, but poor Adam was in so low a state that he could scarcely comprehend the information. When the Indians entered he attempted to rise, but sank down again. But for this seasonable interposition of Providence, his existence must have terminated in a few hours, and that of th« rest probably in not many days.
Página 82 - In this emergency the harpooner, who was a fine active fellow, seized the bight of the line, and attempted to relieve the boat, by restoring it to its place ; but by some singular circumstance, which could not be accounted for, a turn, of the line flew over his arm, in an instant dragged him overboard, and plunged him under...
Página 370 - ... deter the animals from attempting to break out on either side. Within fifty or sixty yards from the pound, branches of trees were placed between these stakes to screen the Indians, who lie down behind them to await the approach of the buffalo. The principal dexterity in this species of chase is shown by the horsemen, who have to manoeuvre round the herd in the plains so as to urge them to enter the roadway, which is about a quarter of a mile broad. When this has been accomplished, they raise...
Página 359 - The wild buffalo scrapes away the snow with its feet to get at the herbage beneath, and the horse, which was introduced by the Spanish invaders of Mexico, and may be said to have become naturalized, does the same ; but it is worthy of remark, that the ox more lately brought from Europe, has not yet acquired an art so necessary for procuring its food.
Página 229 - In this case, as well as when anything was presented to them, they immediately licked it twice with their tongues, after which they seemed to consider the bargain satisfactorily concluded. The youngest of the party very modestly kept behind the others, and, before he was observed to have done so, missed several presents, which his less diffident, though not importunate companions had received. As the night closed in they became desirous to depart, and they left us before dark, highly delighted with...
Página 406 - The fish froze," says Captain Franklin, " as fast as they were taken out of the nets, and in a short time became a solid mass of ice, and by a blow or two of the hatchet were easily split open, when the intestines might be removed in one lump. If in this completely frozen state they were thawed before the fire, they recovered their animation.