Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 309William Blackwood, 1971 - England |
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... seen or is known to lie not far beyond . On this lovely , calm evening we had no need to probe any farther . We lay - to a cable's length away from a hard , unbroken , glittering wall of ice , some ten feet high , stretching away into ...
... seen or is known to lie not far beyond . On this lovely , calm evening we had no need to probe any farther . We lay - to a cable's length away from a hard , unbroken , glittering wall of ice , some ten feet high , stretching away into ...
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... seen there by the early Vikings who sailed their long - ships from Green- land to Newfoundland in 1170 . When Jacques Cartier landed on Funk Island in 1534 , he recorded that in less than half an hour we filled two boats full of them ...
... seen there by the early Vikings who sailed their long - ships from Green- land to Newfoundland in 1170 . When Jacques Cartier landed on Funk Island in 1534 , he recorded that in less than half an hour we filled two boats full of them ...
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... seen the last Great Auk alive , " he said impressively . " I've no doubt about it at all . It slipped off a rock near the boat - builder's shed by the quay . I saw it perfectly plainly . I've seen too many stuffed specimens to be ...
... seen the last Great Auk alive , " he said impressively . " I've no doubt about it at all . It slipped off a rock near the boat - builder's shed by the quay . I saw it perfectly plainly . I've seen too many stuffed specimens to be ...
Contents
Valley of the Shadow Anthony French | 1 |
Indian Sketches | 13 |
Western Ocean L W J Fifield | 24 |
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