Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... inhabitants , are facts gathered rather from ancient traditions than from experience . Most of the accounts circulated with respect to the pranks and characteristics of this shaggy and ungainly animal , are fabulous , and are rendered ...
... inhabitants , are facts gathered rather from ancient traditions than from experience . Most of the accounts circulated with respect to the pranks and characteristics of this shaggy and ungainly animal , are fabulous , and are rendered ...
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... inhabitants appeared in the street clad in the Ostiak costume , which consists of a com- plete suit of reindeer skins , with the hair turned inside out . Finding myself on a sudden in the midst of such men , it was with difficulty I ...
... inhabitants appeared in the street clad in the Ostiak costume , which consists of a com- plete suit of reindeer skins , with the hair turned inside out . Finding myself on a sudden in the midst of such men , it was with difficulty I ...
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... 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 incidents are of fre- quent occurrence . I ...
... 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 incidents are of fre- quent occurrence . I ...
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... inhabitants of Berezov , of Russian ex- traction , soon learning how little our European costumes are adapted to this rigorous climate , are in the habit , as soon as winter sets in , of adopting the Ostiak dress , and never go out of ...
... inhabitants of Berezov , of Russian ex- traction , soon learning how little our European costumes are adapted to this rigorous climate , are in the habit , as soon as winter sets in , of adopting the Ostiak dress , and never go out of ...
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... inhabitants of Northern Siberia . Not knowing the boundaries between what is real , probable , or possible , imagination takes un- bounded flights , predisposing the mind to believe what is marvellous . The very tales that are narrated ...
... inhabitants of Northern Siberia . Not knowing the boundaries between what is real , probable , or possible , imagination takes un- bounded flights , predisposing the mind to believe what is marvellous . The very tales that are narrated ...
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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.