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A circumstance which M. HUMBOLDT justly considers as remarkable , is , that the ape is a character used in the Mexican calendar , as it is in the Thibetan Zodiac , and in the lunar houses of the Hindus , although this animal does not ...
A circumstance which M. HUMBOLDT justly considers as remarkable , is , that the ape is a character used in the Mexican calendar , as it is in the Thibetan Zodiac , and in the lunar houses of the Hindus , although this animal does not ...
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It seems a remarkable fact in the history of this country , that even on the side of so large a river , dew is extremely rare . They remark having had a fall of dew in the evening of the 18th of May ; the second which they had seen in ...
It seems a remarkable fact in the history of this country , that even on the side of so large a river , dew is extremely rare . They remark having had a fall of dew in the evening of the 18th of May ; the second which they had seen in ...
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But a still more remarkable case is recorded by the same au- thor , of a young man who received a thrust of a sword in the inner angle of the right eye . For ten days after the accident , this young man remained quite well , without any ...
But a still more remarkable case is recorded by the same au- thor , of a young man who received a thrust of a sword in the inner angle of the right eye . For ten days after the accident , this young man remained quite well , without any ...
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