New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... obliged to substi- tute vessels made of the bark of the birch - tree , sewed together with some vegetable fibre . As they will not bear exposure to the fire sufficient to bring water to a boiling temperature , they are obliged to have ...
... obliged to substi- tute vessels made of the bark of the birch - tree , sewed together with some vegetable fibre . As they will not bear exposure to the fire sufficient to bring water to a boiling temperature , they are obliged to have ...
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... obliged , on his return , to wait till the evening , before the tide was low enough to re- cross the river and come home . The water thus obtained , proved both sweet and wholesome ; but it had this particular and very unpleasant ...
... obliged , on his return , to wait till the evening , before the tide was low enough to re- cross the river and come home . The water thus obtained , proved both sweet and wholesome ; but it had this particular and very unpleasant ...
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... obliged to be content ; now and then they added to it a small quantity of dried fish . After our dinner , we were obliged to run about the village and its en- virons , to collect the scattered stones of the fruit , with which they make ...
... obliged to be content ; now and then they added to it a small quantity of dried fish . After our dinner , we were obliged to run about the village and its en- virons , to collect the scattered stones of the fruit , with which they make ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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