Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... body , striking against the glass beads , keeps up an incessant jingle , not unlike that of the Cracovian horse- harness . This kind of head - gear is exceedingly cumbersome and heavy , and constrained the Ostiak belles , I observed ...
... body , striking against the glass beads , keeps up an incessant jingle , not unlike that of the Cracovian horse- harness . This kind of head - gear is exceedingly cumbersome and heavy , and constrained the Ostiak belles , I observed ...
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... him presented to me . This Shaitan idol was the figure of a man , carved in wood . The body was belted with a girdle , enclosing a small silver coin , and over this was a dress of the Ostiak fashion , including OF SIBERIA . 23.
... him presented to me . This Shaitan idol was the figure of a man , carved in wood . The body was belted with a girdle , enclosing a small silver coin , and over this was a dress of the Ostiak fashion , including OF SIBERIA . 23.
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... body , and then restore them uninjured . I was told that they burnt Russian paper - money before a number of spectators , and afterwards picked the notes out of the ashes entire . Many other marvels of a similar kind were related to me ...
... body , and then restore them uninjured . I was told that they burnt Russian paper - money before a number of spectators , and afterwards picked the notes out of the ashes entire . Many other marvels of a similar kind were related to me ...
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... body after it has been cut in pieces , and by some means known only to themselves , restoring it completely to life . I was told of a number of instances in which this resuscitation had been effected . The Shaman priests enjoy the ...
... body after it has been cut in pieces , and by some means known only to themselves , restoring it completely to life . I was told of a number of instances in which this resuscitation had been effected . The Shaman priests enjoy the ...
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... body is violently pulled to and fro , and tortured into all imaginable positions , producing a total exhaus- tion of strength . If the woman is strong , she may pass through such a barbarous ordeal with- out danger , but not so a ...
... body is violently pulled to and fro , and tortured into all imaginable positions , producing a total exhaus- tion of strength . If the woman is strong , she may pass through such a barbarous ordeal with- out danger , but not so a ...
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Стр. 281 - ... these northern latitudes, or the sun, notwithstanding its obliquity, acts more powerfully upon it than near the equator ; for I have never felt its direct rays so oppressive within the tropics as I have experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes. The luxury of bathing at such times is not without alloy ; for, if you choose the mid-day, you are assailed in the water by the Tabani, who draw blood in an instant with their formidable lancets ; and if you select the morning or...
Стр. 280 - The power of the sun, this day, in a cloudless sky, was so great, that Mr. Rae and I were glad to take shelter in the water while the crews were engaged on the portages. The irritability of the human frame is either greater in these northern latitudes, or the sun, notwithstanding its obliquity, acts more powerfully upon it than near the equator ; for I have never felt its direct rays so oppressive within the tropics as I have experienced them to be on some occasions in the high latitudes.