Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... called Kor ' - e - o - poff ' - sky , about a hundred miles up the Yen - e - say ' , and returned to Europe without any mishap . As will hereafter appear , Captain Wiggins was less fortunate . He left Sunderland on the 8th of July in ...
... called Kor ' - e - o - poff ' - sky , about a hundred miles up the Yen - e - say ' , and returned to Europe without any mishap . As will hereafter appear , Captain Wiggins was less fortunate . He left Sunderland on the 8th of July in ...
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... called the bar , she was stopped for want of water . A large praam laden with wheat awaited her at Sin - cheek ' - a , a small port on the south - east of the gulf , 40 miles beyond Na - deem ' , the most northerly fishing station of ...
... called the bar , she was stopped for want of water . A large praam laden with wheat awaited her at Sin - cheek ' - a , a small port on the south - east of the gulf , 40 miles beyond Na - deem ' , the most northerly fishing station of ...
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... called a " tro ' - i - ka , " and required three horses . Up to Tyu - main ' these horses had cost us sixpence a mile . On the steppes the price suddenly fell to three- halfpence , i.e. a halfpenny a horse a mile . a horse a mile . At ...
... called a " tro ' - i - ka , " and required three horses . Up to Tyu - main ' these horses had cost us sixpence a mile . On the steppes the price suddenly fell to three- halfpence , i.e. a halfpenny a horse a mile . a horse a mile . At ...
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... called Kor - lor - nok ' , were occasionally offered to us at fifty kopeks to a rouble each . I bought two Gluttons ' skins , one for four and the other for five * The Common Stoat ( Mustela er- minea ) is a circumpolar quadruped . In ...
... called Kor - lor - nok ' , were occasionally offered to us at fifty kopeks to a rouble each . I bought two Gluttons ' skins , one for four and the other for five * The Common Stoat ( Mustela er- minea ) is a circumpolar quadruped . In ...
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... called in its summer dress , when it is of a bluish- grey colour , or the Arctic Fox , as it is called in its snow - white winter dress ( Vulpes lagopus ) , is a circumpolar quadruped . The Siberian merchants in Yen - e - saisk ' , as ...
... called in its summer dress , when it is of a bluish- grey colour , or the Arctic Fox , as it is called in its snow - white winter dress ( Vulpes lagopus ) , is a circumpolar quadruped . The Siberian merchants in Yen - e - saisk ' , as ...
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