A Geographical View of the World,: Embracing the Manners, Customs and Pursuits, of Every Nation; Founded on the Best AuthoritiesRobinson, Pratt & Company 63 Wall Street., 1838 - 452 sidor |
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... half starved . Their household furniture consists of iron or copper kettles , wooden cups , bowls , spoons , and sometimes tin or even silver basins ; to which may be added the implements of fishing and hunting . That they may not be ...
... half starved . Their household furniture consists of iron or copper kettles , wooden cups , bowls , spoons , and sometimes tin or even silver basins ; to which may be added the implements of fishing and hunting . That they may not be ...
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... half down the thigh , and is sewed fast on all sides like a wagoner's frock , but not so long or so loose ; at the top of this is fastened a cap or hood , which they can draw over their heads as a defence against the wet and cold ...
... half down the thigh , and is sewed fast on all sides like a wagoner's frock , but not so long or so loose ; at the top of this is fastened a cap or hood , which they can draw over their heads as a defence against the wet and cold ...
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... half in length ; and 5. The hunting dart , two yards long , chiefly used for the purpose of catching seals . The Greenlanders have two kinds of boats , conveniently adapted for procuring their sustenance . The first is the great , or ...
... half in length ; and 5. The hunting dart , two yards long , chiefly used for the purpose of catching seals . The Greenlanders have two kinds of boats , conveniently adapted for procuring their sustenance . The first is the great , or ...
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... half a century ago , two brothers dividing between themselves , the inheritance left by their fathers , the one gave his brother four rix - dollars for the exclusive right of wearing a beard ; which right , in their family , was the ...
... half a century ago , two brothers dividing between themselves , the inheritance left by their fathers , the one gave his brother four rix - dollars for the exclusive right of wearing a beard ; which right , in their family , was the ...
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... half , and the other about three mi- nutes . We remained admiring this very remarkable phenomenou for a considerable time , during which we saw many alternations of the jets , which happened regularly at the intervals already mentioned ...
... half , and the other about three mi- nutes . We remained admiring this very remarkable phenomenou for a considerable time , during which we saw many alternations of the jets , which happened regularly at the intervals already mentioned ...
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Sida 197 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Sida 344 - Mindawarcarton, or Minowakanton, known to the French by the name of the Gens du Lac, or People of the Lake. Their residence is on both sides of the Mississippi near the falls of St. Anthony, and the probable number of their warriors about three hundred.
Sida 301 - I frequently handled it, to observe the beauty of the spots, and especially the spectacles on the hood, not doubting but that its venomous fangs had been previously extracted. But the next morning my upper...
Sida 317 - Antshar is one of the largest trees in the forests of Java. The stem is cylindrical, perpendicular, and rises completely naked to the height of sixty, seventy or eighty feet. Near the surface of the ground it spreads obliquely...
Sida 344 - Almost the whole of that vast tract of country comprised between the Mississippi, the Red river of lake Winnepeg, the Saskaskawan, and the Missouri, is loosely occupied by a great nation whose primitive name is Darcota, but who are called Sioux by the French, Sues by the English. Their original seats were on the Mississippi, but they have gradually spread themselves abroad and become subdivided into numerous tribes. Of these, what may be considered as the Darcotas...
Sida 18 - At the foot of the mountain was a small bank composed chiefly of white clay and some sulphur, from all parts of which steam issued. Ascending it, we got upon a ridge immediately above a deep hollow, from which a profusion of vapour arose, and heard a confused noise of boiling and splashing, joined to the roaring of steam escaping from narrow crevices in the rock. This hollow, together with the whole side of the mountain opposite, as far up as we could see, was covered with sulphur and clay, chiefly...
Sida 202 - Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left.
Sida 235 - In every age the immense plains of Scythia or Tartary have been inhabited by vagrant tribes of hunters and shepherds, whose indolence refuses to cultivate the earth, and whose restless spirit disdains the confinement of a sedentary life.
Sida 81 - ... perambulation, in and around the Turkish capital. The barbarous extremes of magnificence and wretchedness ; of power and weakness ; of turpitude and magnanimity ; of profligacy and sanctity ; of cruelty and humanity, are all to be seen jumbled together in the most sublime or offensive combinations.
Sida 267 - But, when we returned, the streets were crowded with men of all nations and languages, in every variety of dress and appearance. The shops were all open. Dried fruits, and nuts, bread, meat, boots, shoes, saddlery, bales of cloth, hardware, ready-made cloaths, and posteens, books, &c.