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... round a pole , and opened at the top to let out smoke . A Lapp removes his dwelling from place to place , as the seasons come and go ; now herding game on the hill - sides , now whipping the rivers and creeks for fish ; in the warm ...
... round a pole , and opened at the top to let out smoke . A Lapp removes his dwelling from place to place , as the seasons come and go ; now herding game on the hill - sides , now whipping the rivers and creeks for fish ; in the warm ...
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... round a shaft , left open at the top , and furnished with skins to lie on like an Indian lodge . No art is lavished on this roll of skin ; not so much as the totem which a Cheyenne daubs on his prairie tent . Yet the Samoyed has notions ...
... round a shaft , left open at the top , and furnished with skins to lie on like an Indian lodge . No art is lavished on this roll of skin ; not so much as the totem which a Cheyenne daubs on his prairie tent . Yet the Samoyed has notions ...
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... round from north to south . By care- ful steering they went on , until they reached the straits be- tween Kanin Cape , and Holy Point . The ice in their front was now thick and high ; no passage through it could be forced ; and their ...
... round from north to south . By care- ful steering they went on , until they reached the straits be- tween Kanin Cape , and Holy Point . The ice in their front was now thick and high ; no passage through it could be forced ; and their ...
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... round the margins of the Frozen Sea these pious witnesses abound ; and they are most of all numerous on the rocks and banks of the Holy Isles . Each cross erected is the record of a storm . Some of these memorial crosses are historic ...
... round the margins of the Frozen Sea these pious witnesses abound ; and they are most of all numerous on the rocks and banks of the Holy Isles . Each cross erected is the record of a storm . Some of these memorial crosses are historic ...
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William Hepworth Dixon. " He is not following us ; he is going his rounds ; he is warning the owners of all good houses that four candles must be lighted in each front window to - night at eight o'clock . ” " Four candles ! For what ...
William Hepworth Dixon. " He is not following us ; he is going his rounds ; he is warning the owners of all good houses that four candles must be lighted in each front window to - night at eight o'clock . ” " Four candles ! For what ...
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