Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... called a shuba ; but this kind of garment is seldom worn , partly because it is too heavy , and partly from its being such a common material . A little farther towards the ocean , and more especially at the mouth of the river Oby ...
... called a shuba ; but this kind of garment is seldom worn , partly because it is too heavy , and partly from its being such a common material . A little farther towards the ocean , and more especially at the mouth of the river Oby ...
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... called malca , a shirt of reindeer skin with the hair turned inside ; in the yourta , within doors , if the frost is not more than ordinarily severe , this is a sufficient covering , but outside they put over it another garment , or fur ...
... called malca , a shirt of reindeer skin with the hair turned inside ; in the yourta , within doors , if the frost is not more than ordinarily severe , this is a sufficient covering , but outside they put over it another garment , or fur ...
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... called tchize . Boots , likewise of reindeer skin , are worn over them , and have the hair outside . The hair on the boots is much shorter than on the stockings , the skin being taken from the animal's legs , and stitched together in ...
... called tchize . Boots , likewise of reindeer skin , are worn over them , and have the hair outside . The hair on the boots is much shorter than on the stockings , the skin being taken from the animal's legs , and stitched together in ...
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... called a gusia . A man so clad loses the last vestige of human form . Under such a heap of furs one may , without fear , expose himself to cold fifty degrees below the freezing point ; and that people , so dressed , can , without injury ...
... called a gusia . A man so clad loses the last vestige of human form . Under such a heap of furs one may , without fear , expose himself to cold fifty degrees below the freezing point ; and that people , so dressed , can , without injury ...
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... called the wak- shim . A singular custom prevails among the Ostiaks , both men and women , of puncturing the skin with figures , which , by the infusion of a bluish liquid , become indelible . This custom , if I am rightly informed ...
... called the wak- shim . A singular custom prevails among the Ostiaks , both men and women , of puncturing the skin with figures , which , by the infusion of a bluish liquid , become indelible . This custom , if I am rightly informed ...
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afterwards amidst animals appeared Arctic Ocean arrived assignat banks bear began Berezovians birds black fox boat brought Brun called ceremony church cold colours CONNAUGHT RANGERS Cossack costume Count Tolstoy covered custom dance distance doors dress ducks elder brother eyes felt fish forest friends frost frozen functionary garment hair hand happened head herds hunter inhabitants Irbit fair Josephine journey lady larch light look Lysa Gora Madame Madame X manner masks means ment mirror narta natives never night Obdorsk obliged observed occasion Ostiaks party person police possessed post 8vo present Prince reindeer skin river round rubles Russian Samoied scarcely season seen Shaitan Shaman Siberia sledges snow solemn soon Soswa spirits spot spring Surgut tchoum tion Tobolsk took town tribes Wakulinski wataka Waul white reindeer whole wife winter young yourta
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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.