The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... course of ages this valley will be grooved down until it deepens to the sea - level . The sea will then enter it , and the glacier- bed of former times will become one of those fjords which indent the coast of Greenland and other ...
... course of ages this valley will be grooved down until it deepens to the sea - level . The sea will then enter it , and the glacier- bed of former times will become one of those fjords which indent the coast of Greenland and other ...
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... course of a few generations , a large farm becomes cut up into a number of homesteads , each scarcely capable of supporting the family residing upon it , and too small to admit of further severance . The habitant , or French - Canadian ...
... course of a few generations , a large farm becomes cut up into a number of homesteads , each scarcely capable of supporting the family residing upon it , and too small to admit of further severance . The habitant , or French - Canadian ...
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... course , much more easily obtained than the small . The price , free on board , in the North - West , is , according to size and character , so much per running foot . It is only a portion of a tree , of course , which has all the ...
... course , much more easily obtained than the small . The price , free on board , in the North - West , is , according to size and character , so much per running foot . It is only a portion of a tree , of course , which has all the ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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