Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... frost · 151 CHAPTER IX . Matrimonial alliance - Twelfth Night or the Maslanca féte - Regulations restricting the sale of spirits - Visit from an exiled Tartar Khan - His dress and orders- Ceremony in Lent , and its effects - Remarks on ...
... frost · 151 CHAPTER IX . Matrimonial alliance - Twelfth Night or the Maslanca féte - Regulations restricting the sale of spirits - Visit from an exiled Tartar Khan - His dress and orders- Ceremony in Lent , and its effects - Remarks on ...
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... frost is not more than ordinarily severe , this is a sufficient covering , but outside they put over it another garment , or fur , very similar in appearance , except that it is larger , and not open in front , and the hair is turned ...
... frost is not more than ordinarily severe , this is a sufficient covering , but outside they put over it another garment , or fur , very similar in appearance , except that it is larger , and not open in front , and the hair is turned ...
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... frost , I may adduce in proof that the inhabitants of Berezov cannot remember a single instance of any person having perished from cold in their vicinity ; whereas , in our own country , where the winter is comparatively mild , such ...
... frost , I may adduce in proof that the inhabitants of Berezov cannot remember a single instance of any person having perished from cold in their vicinity ; whereas , in our own country , where the winter is comparatively mild , such ...
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... frost is most intense , and mercury itself freezes , it no doubt happens that some parts of the face , if at all exposed , are frost- bitten . In such cases , brandy is applied to the frozen part , and the frost gives way to a red spot ...
... frost is most intense , and mercury itself freezes , it no doubt happens that some parts of the face , if at all exposed , are frost- bitten . In such cases , brandy is applied to the frozen part , and the frost gives way to a red spot ...
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... frost increased in intensity . Herds of reindeer returned from their summer pasture in the Uralian mountains , stalking with stately gait along the banks of the Soswa , the hard , frozen soil serving them for a highway . It was a ...
... frost increased in intensity . Herds of reindeer returned from their summer pasture in the Uralian mountains , stalking with stately gait along the banks of the Soswa , the hard , frozen soil serving them for a highway . It was 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.