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... . - A BOAT VOYAGE XXXIV . - AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX . XXXV . - HOMEWARD BOUND . PAGE 151 159 166 · • 174 182 190 • 199 • • 207 • 217 228 • 235 243 · 248 • 255 263 271 279 THE NORTH POLE , AND HOW CHARLIE WILSON DISCOVERED IT iv Contents .
... . - A BOAT VOYAGE XXXIV . - AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX . XXXV . - HOMEWARD BOUND . PAGE 151 159 166 · • 174 182 190 • 199 • • 207 • 217 228 • 235 243 · 248 • 255 263 271 279 THE NORTH POLE , AND HOW CHARLIE WILSON DISCOVERED IT iv Contents .
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... Esquimaux who have , in more recent times , been converted from their gross and brutalizing heathen- ism by the labours of the Moravian Missionaries . These settlements are farther apart as the voyager sails northward , and the coast ...
... Esquimaux who have , in more recent times , been converted from their gross and brutalizing heathen- ism by the labours of the Moravian Missionaries . These settlements are farther apart as the voyager sails northward , and the coast ...
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... Esquimaux , named Christian and Hans , and as many dogs as were likely to be required . While Captain Webb was thus engaged , Mark- ham and our two lads strolled along the beach , and at a little distance from the village saw a ...
... Esquimaux , named Christian and Hans , and as many dogs as were likely to be required . While Captain Webb was thus engaged , Mark- ham and our two lads strolled along the beach , and at a little distance from the village saw a ...
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... Esquimaux in particular casting their long , dark hair back from their flat faces , and widely opening their little black eyes to stare at them ; for though a Danish vessel sometimes carries to the southern settlements commodities which ...
... Esquimaux in particular casting their long , dark hair back from their flat faces , and widely opening their little black eyes to stare at them ; for though a Danish vessel sometimes carries to the southern settlements commodities which ...
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... Esquimaux , and the children were equally ignorant of English , and every failure produced laughter . The time soon came for their return to the ship , for Morton and the rest of the crew wished for a run ashore , and Captain Webb's ...
... Esquimaux , and the children were equally ignorant of English , and every failure produced laughter . The time soon came for their return to the ship , for Morton and the rest of the crew wished for a run ashore , and Captain Webb's ...
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Adventures animal arctic Baffin Bay BARBARA HUTTON bear berg bird blue boat breeze cabin Captain Webb Charlie Wilson chasm cliffs cloth elegant clouds coast of Greenland coloured companion crew dark deck distance dogs dreary drifted eagerly Esquimaux exclaimed Charlie expedition explorers eyes father Fcap feet fire floe followed frozen sea gale gazed gilt edges glaciers grey HARRISON WEIR heard hero horizon hummocks iceberg Illustrations inquired Charlie island journey Kane's land light looked Markham masses of ice Melville Bay miles Morton mountains night North Pole northern northward observed Charlie observed Willie paused Peter Svendson Post 8vo reached rejoined replied Charlie returned Charlie returned Svendson ridge rifle rock rose round Royal 16mo sail Sandy Macfarlane scrambling Second Edition seemed seen ship side sledge Smith Sound soon southward story strange summit Swede thought Upernavik vessel waves whale Willie Webb wind winter young
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