Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... rivers - Excursion in sledges - Wave - like surface of the ice - An encounter . · 62 CHAPTER V. Drive in a narta - Peculiarities and use of the reindeer- Their pasture - Their herds in the Ural - Use of their skins and flesh - Their ...
... rivers - Excursion in sledges - Wave - like surface of the ice - An encounter . · 62 CHAPTER V. Drive in a narta - Peculiarities and use of the reindeer- Their pasture - Their herds in the Ural - Use of their skins and flesh - Their ...
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... the Siberians - The Frenchman's adventures - Sudden heat - River scenery - Prome- nade A tempest Conservatories of plants Kozlow's departure for the Oby Gulf . --- 239 CHAPTER XIII . An examination at a school - St viii CONTENTS .
... the Siberians - The Frenchman's adventures - Sudden heat - River scenery - Prome- nade A tempest Conservatories of plants Kozlow's departure for the Oby Gulf . --- 239 CHAPTER XIII . An examination at a school - St viii CONTENTS .
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... river Oby , there exists a species of white bear , which is an object of terror to the fishing parties in those parts . Still I heard a fisherman relate its visits are more annoying than dangerous : for after he has alarmed the ...
... river Oby , there exists a species of white bear , which is an object of terror to the fishing parties in those parts . Still I heard a fisherman relate its visits are more annoying than dangerous : for after he has alarmed the ...
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... river , none of them touching a blade of grass , but all standing as if they were in deliberation as to what should be done . At length , some of the strongest have plunged into the river and swum across ; others have then gone over ...
... river , none of them touching a blade of grass , but all standing as if they were in deliberation as to what should be done . At length , some of the strongest have plunged into the river and swum across ; others have then gone over ...
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... river rolling its stream of water over its narrow bed , the murmur of countless hosts of cockroaches , which at night come out of their hiding - places and cover the walls , made my ears tingle , while the sound of their crawling ...
... river rolling its stream of water over its narrow bed , the murmur of countless hosts of cockroaches , which at night come out of their hiding - places and cover the walls , made my ears tingle , while the sound of their crawling ...
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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.