Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... atmosphere - Three hours of daylight - No clock in town - Manner of notifying the hours - Tale- telling party - Two Ostiak tales - The Hunters - Old Friend's Reindeer - · 73 CHAPTER VI . The Arctic region north of Berezov - vi CONTENTS .
... atmosphere - Three hours of daylight - No clock in town - Manner of notifying the hours - Tale- telling party - Two Ostiak tales - The Hunters - Old Friend's Reindeer - · 73 CHAPTER VI . The Arctic region north of Berezov - vi CONTENTS .
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... beyond the precincts of the town ; and whoever happened to possess a black cow was in extreme trepidation for the safety of his cattle . Still no one was bold enough to make VOL . II . B one step in the forest , to ascertain how far.
... beyond the precincts of the town ; and whoever happened to possess a black cow was in extreme trepidation for the safety of his cattle . Still no one was bold enough to make VOL . II . B one step in the forest , to ascertain how far.
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... town of Berezov is , it is true , surrounded on every side with wood , but the appearance of these animals , and the damage they cause to the inhabitants , are facts gathered rather from ancient traditions than from experience . Most of ...
... town of Berezov is , it is true , surrounded on every side with wood , but the appearance of these animals , and the damage they cause to the inhabitants , are facts gathered rather from ancient traditions than from experience . Most of ...
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... town now looked as clean as they had previously been dirty , and one could hardly recognise the scene , so totally was it changed . Not a trace of mud , not a patch of dirty brown surface was visible . Far and wide was spread a spotless ...
... town now looked as clean as they had previously been dirty , and one could hardly recognise the scene , so totally was it changed . Not a trace of mud , not a patch of dirty brown surface was visible . Far and wide was spread a spotless ...
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... town , or on a journey , don the shapeless but more comfortable clothing of the natives . Ladies whom I have seen at evening parties conspicuous for the elegance of their dress , wear in winter the Ostiak costume , both within and out ...
... town , or on a journey , don the shapeless but more comfortable clothing of the natives . Ladies whom I have seen at evening parties conspicuous for the elegance of their dress , wear in winter the Ostiak costume , both within and out ...
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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.