John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 199
... cold with fogs all night until 11 OClock in the morning . Tuseday 31st August . River widens . but does not alter its depth much . Mountains are come to hills and horizon enlarges : my ink frose in the Boat last night tho ' we were ...
... cold with fogs all night until 11 OClock in the morning . Tuseday 31st August . River widens . but does not alter its depth much . Mountains are come to hills and horizon enlarges : my ink frose in the Boat last night tho ' we were ...
Page 226
... cold , wet or sick Woman has ever been friendly to me & uniformly so . and to add to this virtue so worthy the appellation of Benevolence ; Those actions have been /p.34/ performed with so free & kind a man- ner that if I was dry I ...
... cold , wet or sick Woman has ever been friendly to me & uniformly so . and to add to this virtue so worthy the appellation of Benevolence ; Those actions have been /p.34/ performed with so free & kind a man- ner that if I was dry I ...
Page 275
... cold Latitude particularly where the cold approaches towards the fixed degree of Congelation viz . 322 ) but what had nearly or for aught I know for certain the same thickness with the Kovyma where by the best observations made by /p ...
... cold Latitude particularly where the cold approaches towards the fixed degree of Congelation viz . 322 ) but what had nearly or for aught I know for certain the same thickness with the Kovyma where by the best observations made by /p ...
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