The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... common . Out - door exercise is all but impossible ; and the healthy winter seal - hunting of North Greenland , owing to the absence of sea - ice , can be but little practised . Seal- meat and reindeer are the common articles of food ...
... common . Out - door exercise is all but impossible ; and the healthy winter seal - hunting of North Greenland , owing to the absence of sea - ice , can be but little practised . Seal- meat and reindeer are the common articles of food ...
Page 98
... common both to the Old and New Worlds . Among the stragglers , nineteen are Old World denizens , thirty - four New World , and eight common to both Old and New Worlds . In each category - inhabitants and stragglers - there are ...
... common both to the Old and New Worlds . Among the stragglers , nineteen are Old World denizens , thirty - four New World , and eight common to both Old and New Worlds . In each category - inhabitants and stragglers - there are ...
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... common to all these mountain cocks . His famous ride of seven hundred miles from Santa Fé in New Mexico to Independence in Missouri , carrying despatches regarding the outbreak of the Indian war in the former country , though one of the ...
... common to all these mountain cocks . His famous ride of seven hundred miles from Santa Fé in New Mexico to Independence in Missouri , carrying despatches regarding the outbreak of the Indian war in the former country , though one of the ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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