Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-voyage Through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea in Search of the Discovery Ships Under Command of Sir John Franklin, Band 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851 - 4 Seiten |
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... fire was lighted it was neces- sary to open the door , and thus to reduce the temperature of the apartment , nearly to that of the external air . The fire was , therefore , used as seldom as possible , and only for cooking or melting ...
... fire was lighted it was neces- sary to open the door , and thus to reduce the temperature of the apartment , nearly to that of the external air . The fire was , therefore , used as seldom as possible , and only for cooking or melting ...
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... fire , until its moisture was entirely dissipated , and the fibre of the meat became friable . It was then ground in a malt mill , when it resembled finely grated meat . Being next mixed with nearly an equal weight of melted beef - suet ...
... fire , until its moisture was entirely dissipated , and the fibre of the meat became friable . It was then ground in a malt mill , when it resembled finely grated meat . Being next mixed with nearly an equal weight of melted beef - suet ...
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... fire is kept , more for the purpose of driving away the flies by the smoke than for promoting exsiccation ; and then they pound it between two stones on a bison hide . In this process the pounded meat is contaminated by a greater or ...
... fire is kept , more for the purpose of driving away the flies by the smoke than for promoting exsiccation ; and then they pound it between two stones on a bison hide . In this process the pounded meat is contaminated by a greater or ...
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... fire , many years ago , and with it the soil , presenting a scene of desola- tion and barrenness not exceeded on the frozen confines of the Arctic Sea . The few dwarf trees that cling to the crevices of the rocks , struggling , as it ...
... fire , many years ago , and with it the soil , presenting a scene of desola- tion and barrenness not exceeded on the frozen confines of the Arctic Sea . The few dwarf trees that cling to the crevices of the rocks , struggling , as it ...
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... fire or in small pea of the root , dried the sun , is a dose for an adult , and the pain is said to be removed soon after it is masticated and swallowed . When administered to children , the root is rasped , and the filings swallowed in ...
... fire or in small pea of the root , dried the sun , is a dose for an adult , and the pain is said to be removed soon after it is masticated and swallowed . When administered to children , the root is rasped , and the filings swallowed in ...
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