John Ledyard's Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788, Volume 2University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1964 - 698 pages |
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Page 174
... particularly near a town called Waldivia , 5 we saw large mounds of earth of 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 feet elevation : which I conjectured , and on enquiry found to be an- cient Sepulchres . There is Analogy between those , our own graves ...
... particularly near a town called Waldivia , 5 we saw large mounds of earth of 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 feet elevation : which I conjectured , and on enquiry found to be an- cient Sepulchres . There is Analogy between those , our own graves ...
Page 199
Stephen Digby Watrous. cattle : and the mutton particularly is of a good size : and have the fat tail like the sheep at the Cape of Good - Hope.66 is not particularly well flavoured . Monday 30 August it however Mountains decrease , and ...
Stephen Digby Watrous. cattle : and the mutton particularly is of a good size : and have the fat tail like the sheep at the Cape of Good - Hope.66 is not particularly well flavoured . Monday 30 August it however Mountains decrease , and ...
Page 245
... particularly that nation- al or geneological connexion , that remarkable affinity of person & manners which exists between the Indian on this & on the American continent . Of this I must speak equally decisive , & I declare without the ...
... particularly that nation- al or geneological connexion , that remarkable affinity of person & manners which exists between the Indian on this & on the American continent . Of this I must speak equally decisive , & I declare without the ...
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