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Page 54
... obliged to get rid of most of their dogs for want of food for them , and to have re- course to horses and cattle . They are , indeed , giv- ing great attention to this last object , but the short- ness of the summer renders it extremely ...
... obliged to get rid of most of their dogs for want of food for them , and to have re- course to horses and cattle . They are , indeed , giv- ing great attention to this last object , but the short- ness of the summer renders it extremely ...
Page 110
... obliged us to halt among some ice - hummocks . We ascended one of these , and discovered from its summit that the land to the east formed a promontory , connected with a range of hills running in a southern direction . As we gazed we ...
... obliged us to halt among some ice - hummocks . We ascended one of these , and discovered from its summit that the land to the east formed a promontory , connected with a range of hills running in a southern direction . As we gazed we ...
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... obliged to wade up to our waists through loose drifted snow , and if we came occasionally to smooth ice , it was covered with sharp crystallized salt , which destroyed the ice - runners , and made the draught so heavy that we were obliged ...
... obliged to wade up to our waists through loose drifted snow , and if we came occasionally to smooth ice , it was covered with sharp crystallized salt , which destroyed the ice - runners , and made the draught so heavy that we were obliged ...
Contents
rival of the English Traveller Captain Cochrane The | 87 |
CHAPTER V | 97 |
CHAPTER VI | 114 |
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