Siberia in Asia: a visit to the valley of the Yenesay1882 |
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... steamer aground - Michael Susloff - A tipsy Blagachina - Discussion about Siberia - Its gold mines the ruin of its prosperity - A dense forest - Birds on the banks - Verkh - nah ' - ya Am - bat ' - skia - Decrease of the Ost ' - yaks ...
... steamer aground - Michael Susloff - A tipsy Blagachina - Discussion about Siberia - Its gold mines the ruin of its prosperity - A dense forest - Birds on the banks - Verkh - nah ' - ya Am - bat ' - skia - Decrease of the Ost ' - yaks ...
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... steamer , he landed his goods at a little village 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 ...
... steamer , he landed his goods at a little village 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 ...
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... steamers to make the attempt in the following year , the year of our disasters . The Louise succeeded in ascending the Obb ... steamer , the Warkworth , drawing 12 feet of water . The navigation of the lagoon of the Obb is attended with ...
... steamers to make the attempt in the following year , the year of our disasters . The Louise succeeded in ascending the Obb ... steamer , the Warkworth , drawing 12 feet of water . The navigation of the lagoon of the Obb is attended with ...
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... steamer succeeded in finding a passage , and in bringing a cargo of wheat from Na - deem ' . It was very fortunate that the English steamers were unable to enter the Kara Sea . Drawing 14 to 17 feet of water , they had liter- ally no ...
... steamer succeeded in finding a passage , and in bringing a cargo of wheat from Na - deem ' . It was very fortunate that the English steamers were unable to enter the Kara Sea . Drawing 14 to 17 feet of water , they had liter- ally no ...
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... steamers , all frozen up in their winter quarters , and every- thing told of commerce and wealth . The house of Ivan Ivanovich Ignatieff was a handsome mansion elegantly fur- nished in the German style , just such a house as a North ...
... steamers , all frozen up in their winter quarters , and every- thing told of commerce and wealth . The house of Ivan Ivanovich Ignatieff was a handsome mansion elegantly fur- nished in the German style , just such a house as a North ...
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afternoon anchor ANCIENT GRAVE arrived Asia banks birds Bluethroats breeds Captain Wiggins China chooms Crown 8vo Crows Dictionary DOLGAHN Edited eggs England English Europe Fcap feet Fieldfare flocks forest Glinski Gol-cheek'-a Golden Plover GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK ground Grouse Gulls History Hooded Crows horses Illustrations island journey Kara Sea KRASNOYARSK land Lapland Buntings Little Bunting Maps and Plans Medium 8vo migration miles morning mountains nest night occasionally Ost'-yaks OSTYAK Ouzel pair passed peasants Petchora Pipit Portrait Post 8vo Red-throated Pipit reindeer river road roubles Russian Sam'-o-yades SAMOYADE Sandpiper Schwanenberg Sessedatel ship shore Shore Larks shot Siberia Siberian Chiffchaff Sideroff skins sledge snow Snow-Buntings species steamer Student's summer Temminck's Stints Thames Thrushes Toor-o-kansk travelling tree Tundra TUNGOOSK valley versts village vols Warbler weather whilst White Wagtail willow wind winter Woodcuts Yellow-browed Warbler Yen-e-saisk Yen-e-say
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