Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... additional charm for us from the fact that it is a winter visitor to England , whose arrival is always looked for with interest , and a few pairs even remain to breed in the north of Scotland . Otherwise CHAP . II . 21 BIRDS .
... additional charm for us from the fact that it is a winter visitor to England , whose arrival is always looked for with interest , and a few pairs even remain to breed in the north of Scotland . Otherwise CHAP . II . 21 BIRDS .
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... looked like mountain limestone rock . This is considered the only dangerous part of the journey . The channel is deep and tortuous , and the current so rapid that open water is visible in places even in the hardest winters . We reached ...
... looked like mountain limestone rock . This is considered the only dangerous part of the journey . The channel is deep and tortuous , and the current so rapid that open water is visible in places even in the hardest winters . We reached ...
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... looked down on to the " crow's nest " of the Thames . To the left the Koo - ray ' - i - ka , a mile wide , stretched away some four or five miles , until a sudden bend concealed it from view , whilst to the right the eye wandered across ...
... looked down on to the " crow's nest " of the Thames . To the left the Koo - ray ' - i - ka , a mile wide , stretched away some four or five miles , until a sudden bend concealed it from view , whilst to the right the eye wandered across ...
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... looked healthy . On one occasion one of the women brought a baby , a queer little thing , with black eyes and black hair . The cradle was a wooden box about three inches deep , with rounded ends , almost the shape of the child . The ...
... looked healthy . On one occasion one of the women brought a baby , a queer little thing , with black eyes and black hair . The cradle was a wooden box about three inches deep , with rounded ends , almost the shape of the child . The ...
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... looked very picturesque picketed on the snow round the house . From one of these poor fellows I bought a bow and some arrows , and from another a pair of snow spectacles . The latter are a great curiosity . The frame is made of reindeer ...
... looked very picturesque picketed on the snow round the house . From one of these poor fellows I bought a bow and some arrows , and from another a pair of snow spectacles . The latter are a great curiosity . The frame is made of reindeer ...
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