Revelations of Siberia, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1853 |
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... turned inside out . Finding myself on a sudden in the midst of such men , it was with difficulty I could persuade myself , at first sight , that these shaggy moving forms , incased in the coats of beasts , and wearing such a strange ...
... turned inside out . Finding myself on a sudden in the midst of such men , it was with difficulty I could persuade myself , at first sight , that these shaggy moving forms , incased in the coats of beasts , and wearing such a strange ...
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... turned inside ; in the yourta , within doors , if the 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 ...
... turned inside ; in the yourta , within doors , if the 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 ...
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... the threshold of fifty , " said he , “ and yet , against all order of nature , not a single hair of my head has turned silvery . Manifestly , it has pleased God in His mercy to prolong my life ; but it cannot be OF SIBERIA . 31.
... the threshold of fifty , " said he , “ and yet , against all order of nature , not a single hair of my head has turned silvery . Manifestly , it has pleased God in His mercy to prolong my life ; but it cannot be OF SIBERIA . 31.
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... turned my steps to- wards the town . Soon I perceived the glim- mering of lights from the windows of the houses , and almost regretted that home was so near , as it brought me again within the range of human habitations . Finally , I ...
... turned my steps to- wards the town . Soon I perceived the glim- mering of lights from the windows of the houses , and almost regretted that home was so near , as it brought me again within the range of human habitations . Finally , I ...
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... my suggestion , and I no less eagerly grasped the horse's reins ; and instantly turning towards the land , I found an even and more convenient road , on which I proceeded safely to the town . Finding no pleasure whatever OF SIBERIA . 71.
... my suggestion , and I no less eagerly grasped the horse's reins ; and instantly turning towards the land , I found an even and more convenient road , on which I proceeded safely to the town . Finding no pleasure whatever OF SIBERIA . 71.
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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.