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... carried out to Sea . - Starvation . - Dogs eaten . - Three Months away from Land . — Return of the Party , mere Skeletons . — Thrilling Incidents.— An Innuit carried down by a Whale and afterward saved . - A Man's Leg snap- ped off ...
... carried out to Sea . - Starvation . - Dogs eaten . - Three Months away from Land . — Return of the Party , mere Skeletons . — Thrilling Incidents.— An Innuit carried down by a Whale and afterward saved . - A Man's Leg snap- ped off ...
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... carrying on the work in which I was engaged . I pledge myself as to the lit- eral accuracy of what I state , and my readers will be able to see , as they move onward with me through my narrative , how diffi- cult it was — alone , and ...
... carrying on the work in which I was engaged . I pledge myself as to the lit- eral accuracy of what I state , and my readers will be able to see , as they move onward with me through my narrative , how diffi- cult it was — alone , and ...
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... carry it out . " With great regard , I am your friend , Henry Grinnell . " Shortly afterward , Messrs . Williams and Haven , of New Lon- don , sent me the following most kind and generous proposal : " As a testimony of our personal ...
... carry it out . " With great regard , I am your friend , Henry Grinnell . " Shortly afterward , Messrs . Williams and Haven , of New Lon- don , sent me the following most kind and generous proposal : " As a testimony of our personal ...
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... carried ; a heavy awning to shelter the crew at night or when at rest ; and the lockers for stores at each end were sufficiently large that a man could , if need be , comfortably sleep in either of them . Five oars , and all other ...
... carried ; a heavy awning to shelter the crew at night or when at rest ; and the lockers for stores at each end were sufficiently large that a man could , if need be , comfortably sleep in either of them . Five oars , and all other ...
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... carry out the great undertaking my mind had led me to embark in . How far I accomplished aught commensurate with the ideas I had formed , let the sequel show ; but , even had I wholly failed , assuredly it would have been excusable ...
... carry out the great undertaking my mind had led me to embark in . How far I accomplished aught commensurate with the ideas I had formed , let the sequel show ; but , even had I wholly failed , assuredly it would have been excusable ...
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