The Gateway to the Polynia: A Voyage to SpitzbergenH.S. King, 1873 - 355 páginas |
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... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the scal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the scal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
Página 111
... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
... rest ; they lie stretched in the sun . A boat is lowered with great circumspection , and after a time the rapid report of fire - arms tells plainly that the seal - hunting has commenced in earnest— the fog is too heavy to enable us to ...
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... rests moored to the piece we had fastened it to at a considerable distance off , and quite indistinguish- able in the heavy fog . What is to be done ? The sailors , according to their invariable custom , begin to recall precedents which ...
... rests moored to the piece we had fastened it to at a considerable distance off , and quite indistinguish- able in the heavy fog . What is to be done ? The sailors , according to their invariable custom , begin to recall precedents which ...
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... the seals we had killed . Eight hours of seal - hunting is fatiguing work for the keenest sportsman , and although we return to our ship in broad daylight , we turn in for a few hours ' rest with the same feeling of want of repose as I 2.
... the seals we had killed . Eight hours of seal - hunting is fatiguing work for the keenest sportsman , and although we return to our ship in broad daylight , we turn in for a few hours ' rest with the same feeling of want of repose as I 2.
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A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. rest with the same feeling of want of repose as though night and proper roosting - time had arrived . After four hours of retirement , although unaccom- panied with sleep , we find ourselves ...
A Voyage to Spitzbergen John Campion Wells. rest with the same feeling of want of repose as though night and proper roosting - time had arrived . After four hours of retirement , although unaccom- panied with sleep , we find ourselves ...
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