Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... scarcely any difference in their wearing apparel ; except that , perhaps during the warm season , they wear garments which , from being long in use , have become very thin , and have the hair rubbed off . On their gala - days and ...
... scarcely any difference in their wearing apparel ; except that , perhaps during the warm season , they wear garments which , from being long in use , have become very thin , and have the hair rubbed off . On their gala - days and ...
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... scarcely recognised ; and for three days after his wife's death he did not touch a morsel of food . Drooping , and ashy pale , he wandered about distracted and inconsol- able . The three children of whom he was now the sole parent , and ...
... scarcely recognised ; and for three days after his wife's death he did not touch a morsel of food . Drooping , and ashy pale , he wandered about distracted and inconsol- able . The three children of whom he was now the sole parent , and ...
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... scarcely be credited that this devout nun picked up and secreted a shawl , which in the excitement of the funeral slipped off the shoulders of a young lady . A young man walking close behind them , saw her appropriate the garment , and ...
... scarcely be credited that this devout nun picked up and secreted a shawl , which in the excitement of the funeral slipped off the shoulders of a young lady . A young man walking close behind them , saw her appropriate the garment , and ...
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... scarcely to allow room for its occupant , and , in lieu of a mattress , was filled with dry powder from rotten trees . The pillow was formed of shavings of young willow . Over all was reindeer skin , on which the infant lay without any ...
... scarcely to allow room for its occupant , and , in lieu of a mattress , was filled with dry powder from rotten trees . The pillow was formed of shavings of young willow . Over all was reindeer skin , on which the infant lay without any ...
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... Scarcely was I seated , when in came Madame X- , bringing intelligence that the river Waygulka was entirely frozen ; and , as she had her own sledges and a horse , and was eager to take a drive , she requested my company in the ...
... Scarcely was I seated , when in came Madame X- , bringing intelligence that the river Waygulka was entirely frozen ; and , as she had her own sledges and a horse , and was eager to take a drive , she requested my company in the ...
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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.