The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... four additional hands , so that our party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable ...
... four additional hands , so that our party now numbered seventeen people , and , judg- ing from appearances , we were likely enough to have a pleasant time of it in the north , where there would be plenty of sport ; if the formidable ...
Página 77
... four sailors only escaped ; the ship went down in deep water and all hands were lost . The casks of costly wine floated out of the wreck , and for twenty days the people along - shore got drunk and grew sober to get drunk again as long ...
... four sailors only escaped ; the ship went down in deep water and all hands were lost . The casks of costly wine floated out of the wreck , and for twenty days the people along - shore got drunk and grew sober to get drunk again as long ...
Página 78
... four days after he has been killed , and the enforced delay is often rendered futile by the failure of the flukes of the harpoon to take firm hold of the skin . In the interval , between the successful pursuit and its reappearance again ...
... four days after he has been killed , and the enforced delay is often rendered futile by the failure of the flukes of the harpoon to take firm hold of the skin . In the interval , between the successful pursuit and its reappearance again ...
Página 87
... four or four pair of oars ; each oar has a grummet , which to the un- initiated means a pin and a ring . They are steered with an oar instead of the ordinary rudder ; they have a mast and sail , and cach thwart or bench has its use ...
... four or four pair of oars ; each oar has a grummet , which to the un- initiated means a pin and a ring . They are steered with an oar instead of the ordinary rudder ; they have a mast and sail , and cach thwart or bench has its use ...
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... four o'clock in the Arctic morning , we found that the men during our absence had collected a quantity of dry wood , and , setting fire to it , were busily engaged in spreading a comfortable repast for us after our wanderings ; here we ...
... four o'clock in the Arctic morning , we found that the men during our absence had collected a quantity of dry wood , and , setting fire to it , were busily engaged in spreading a comfortable repast for us after our wanderings ; here we ...
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