Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... plans were utterly frustrated . The entrance to the creek was perfectly high and dry . A strong current was setting up the Koo - ray ' - i - ka . Small floes were detaching themselves from the main mass and were running up the open ...
... plans were utterly frustrated . The entrance to the creek was perfectly high and dry . A strong current was setting up the Koo - ray ' - i - ka . Small floes were detaching themselves from the main mass and were running up the open ...
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... plans . No one saw this more clearly nor criticised it more severely than the crew under him ; then the Captain had another fault of still deeper dye in the eyes of an English tar ; he was a teetotaler and worked his ship upon teetotal ...
... plans . No one saw this more clearly nor criticised it more severely than the crew under him ; then the Captain had another fault of still deeper dye in the eyes of an English tar ; he was a teetotaler and worked his ship upon teetotal ...
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... plans were also considerably disarranged by the two shipwrecks , which did not form a part of my original programme ; nevertheless an enumeration of the most important observations which I made may not be without interest to the reader ...
... plans were also considerably disarranged by the two shipwrecks , which did not form a part of my original programme ; nevertheless an enumeration of the most important observations which I made may not be without interest to the reader ...
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