Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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... Tents of the natives - Manners and appear- ance of the East Greenlanders - Magnetic influence of the rocks at Ser- ketnoua - A bear killed by one of the kajakkers - Taterat ; the inhabitants little resembling the Esquimaux - A ship's ...
... Tents of the natives - Manners and appear- ance of the East Greenlanders - Magnetic influence of the rocks at Ser- ketnoua - A bear killed by one of the kajakkers - Taterat ; the inhabitants little resembling the Esquimaux - A ship's ...
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... tent we had been supplied with at the colony . This hut , our guide informed us , had been the scene , the Winter previous , of a melancholy incident . A Greenlander , whose residence it was , had seized his gun , with the intention of ...
... tent we had been supplied with at the colony . This hut , our guide informed us , had been the scene , the Winter previous , of a melancholy incident . A Greenlander , whose residence it was , had seized his gun , with the intention of ...
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... tents , and learned that they had just returned from hunting the rein - deer at Good Hope , where multitudes of Green- landers spend the summer , much to their own detriment and that of trade , since the seal - fishery , by far the most ...
... tents , and learned that they had just returned from hunting the rein - deer at Good Hope , where multitudes of Green- landers spend the summer , much to their own detriment and that of trade , since the seal - fishery , by far the most ...
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... tent - skins . The windows are placed on the sunny side , which usually faces the sea , and are glazed , if I may use the expression , with the skin of the intestine of the seal , or the beluga , ( Delphinus albicans , ) which , though ...
... tent - skins . The windows are placed on the sunny side , which usually faces the sea , and are glazed , if I may use the expression , with the skin of the intestine of the seal , or the beluga , ( Delphinus albicans , ) which , though ...
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... tents were a couple of ice - blinks , but in so frail a condition , that I dared not venture on mounting them . In the evening a beautiful aurora borealis displayed itself in the shape of a bow stretching through the zenith from East to ...
... tents were a couple of ice - blinks , but in so frail a condition , that I dared not venture on mounting them . In the evening a beautiful aurora borealis displayed itself in the shape of a bow stretching through the zenith from East to ...
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