The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... crops , by reason of the fog and chill which fill the air , blighting all vegetation , and reducing the island , for the time being , to the level of Greenland . Though the temperature of different portions of the Arctic regions varies ...
... crops , by reason of the fog and chill which fill the air , blighting all vegetation , and reducing the island , for the time being , to the level of Greenland . Though the temperature of different portions of the Arctic regions varies ...
Page 216
... crops , they were always brought back again into a high state of fertility . In addition to the crops with which we are familiar in England , Ontario produces others . which we usually associate with a semi - tropical climate . For ...
... crops , they were always brought back again into a high state of fertility . In addition to the crops with which we are familiar in England , Ontario produces others . which we usually associate with a semi - tropical climate . For ...
Page 223
... crops - potatoes , oats , and buckwheat - grow in patches amongst the black charred stumps , and grow so well , too , as almost to hide the latter , though they are two feet in height . Outside the fence the back - settler's stock ...
... crops - potatoes , oats , and buckwheat - grow in patches amongst the black charred stumps , and grow so well , too , as almost to hide the latter , though they are two feet in height . Outside the fence the back - settler's stock ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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