New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... seen one , you might be said to have seen all . They have but little hair on their chin , or upper lip , owing , as in the case of the Esquimeaux , to its being eradicated im- mediately on its first appearance . The most unfounded re ...
... seen one , you might be said to have seen all . They have but little hair on their chin , or upper lip , owing , as in the case of the Esquimeaux , to its being eradicated im- mediately on its first appearance . The most unfounded re ...
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... seen : it is much cultivated here , near the houses of the rich . Its superb flowers are trumpet- shaped ; and the elegant little bird just mentioned , is continu- ally seen , with its long beak inserted into the blossoms , hovering in ...
... seen : it is much cultivated here , near the houses of the rich . Its superb flowers are trumpet- shaped ; and the elegant little bird just mentioned , is continu- ally seen , with its long beak inserted into the blossoms , hovering in ...
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... seen to rise , like that from the iron works in some parts of England . Another phenomenon worthy of observation is to be seen here in the rainy season from the same moun- tain , viz . a number of considerable cascades , which , when ...
... seen to rise , like that from the iron works in some parts of England . Another phenomenon worthy of observation is to be seen here in the rainy season from the same moun- tain , viz . a number of considerable cascades , which , when ...
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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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