New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... short hair , in these frozen regions are covered with a fine , long , and thick fur . The beaver and the ermine ... short time , the heat is so intense as to scorch the face of the natives . A rapid and luxurious vegetation now sets in ...
... short hair , in these frozen regions are covered with a fine , long , and thick fur . The beaver and the ermine ... short time , the heat is so intense as to scorch the face of the natives . A rapid and luxurious vegetation now sets in ...
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... short obtuse rays : panicle dense : ovate level - topped : radical leaves , oblong : acute : arrow- shaped entire , with obtuse lobes . Scurvy - grass , or cochlearia Grænlandica , is found here , as in all northern countries , in great ...
... short obtuse rays : panicle dense : ovate level - topped : radical leaves , oblong : acute : arrow- shaped entire , with obtuse lobes . Scurvy - grass , or cochlearia Grænlandica , is found here , as in all northern countries , in great ...
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... short , like that of a cropt terrier , on an enormous scale ; the eyes large , projecting , and something of an orange colour . The legs attached to such a ponderous body , are short and thick ; its motion on - shore is slow and ...
... short , like that of a cropt terrier , on an enormous scale ; the eyes large , projecting , and something of an orange colour . The legs attached to such a ponderous body , are short and thick ; its motion on - shore is slow and ...
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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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