Revelations of Siberia, Том 2

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Colburn and Company, 1853

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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.

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