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, Volumen2Harper, 1843 |
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... the same as those already detailed in the preceding winter's narra- tive , I shall be readily excused for passing them over in silence . The daily visits of the Esquimaux to the ships throughout F 2 OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 65.
... the same as those already detailed in the preceding winter's narra- tive , I shall be readily excused for passing them over in silence . The daily visits of the Esquimaux to the ships throughout F 2 OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE . 65.
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... passed it . " Takkeelikkeeta now prepared to dress the dead body , and , in the first place , stopped his nose with deer's hair and put on his gloves , seeming unwill . ing that his naked hand should come in contact with the corpse . I ...
... passed it . " Takkeelikkeeta now prepared to dress the dead body , and , in the first place , stopped his nose with deer's hair and put on his gloves , seeming unwill . ing that his naked hand should come in contact with the corpse . I ...
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... er of a family ; three days were to be passed by the survivers without their walking on the ice , per- forming any kind of work , or even having anything made for them . Washing is out of the question 72 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
... er of a family ; three days were to be passed by the survivers without their walking on the ice , per- forming any kind of work , or even having anything made for them . Washing is out of the question 72 SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY.
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... passed on board was sufficient time to gain them the esteem of every one , for they were the most quiet , inoffensive beings I ever met with ; and , to their great credit , they never once begged . The man was remarkable for his ...
... passed on board was sufficient time to gain them the esteem of every one , for they were the most quiet , inoffensive beings I ever met with ; and , to their great credit , they never once begged . The man was remarkable for his ...
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... passed among them afforded , gave us an opportu- nity of occasionally explaining to them in some measure in what direction our country lay , and of giving them some idea of its distance , climate , pop- ulation , and productions . It ...
... passed among them afforded , gave us an opportu- nity of occasionally explaining to them in some measure in what direction our country lay , and of giving them some idea of its distance , climate , pop- ulation , and productions . It ...
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animals appeared arrived beach board the Fury boats bone breeze canoes Captain Hoppner Captain Lyon circumstance clear close clothes coast Cockburn Island considerable continued course direction distance dogs dovekies drift eastward eight Esquimaux extreme farther fathoms favourable feet five floe four fresh Fury's gale Greenland half past halted Hammerfest hauled Hecla huts Igloolik inches inlet journey Kabloonas kind labour land latitude length Lieutenant longitude by chronometers loose ice manner miles morning night noon northward NORTHWEST PASSAGE observed occasion officers open water party pemmican piece provisions quantity quarter reindeer remarkable rest round sail scarcely seahorse season secured seven P.M. ships shore side six A.M. skin sledge snow soon southward Spitzbergen strait Table Island tent thick tion Toolemak travelling usual walrus ward weather westward whale whole wind Winter Island winter passed women yards