The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Том 10J. Walker, 1804 |
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... give a description of their bear hunt , which holds the first place in this part of their employ , and which , among those who are not converted to Christianity , is performed with great super- stition . NORTH AMERICA .
... give a description of their bear hunt , which holds the first place in this part of their employ , and which , among those who are not converted to Christianity , is performed with great super- stition . NORTH AMERICA .
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... bear is killed , the hunter puts the end of his lighted pipe into his teeth , blows into the bowl , and thus filling the mouth of the animal with smoke , conjures its spirit to bear him no malice , and not to oppose him in his future ...
... bear is killed , the hunter puts the end of his lighted pipe into his teeth , blows into the bowl , and thus filling the mouth of the animal with smoke , conjures its spirit to bear him no malice , and not to oppose him in his future ...
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... bear's tongue , and on his return to the village , throws it into a fire , when its crackling and shrinking up are regarded as infallible tokens that the spirit of the animal is appeased . In hunting buffaloes various methods are adopt ...
... bear's tongue , and on his return to the village , throws it into a fire , when its crackling and shrinking up are regarded as infallible tokens that the spirit of the animal is appeased . In hunting buffaloes various methods are adopt ...
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... bear no part in these rejoicings , but observe , even after the obsequies , a very strict mourning . There are three nations of Indians in California who speak three distinct languages , but they are all nearly similar in appearance ...
... bear no part in these rejoicings , but observe , even after the obsequies , a very strict mourning . There are three nations of Indians in California who speak three distinct languages , but they are all nearly similar in appearance ...
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... bear irreproachable characters . The athletic diversions of foot - ball , cricket , quoits , foot races , & c . are universally practised in the country . Some divert themselves with fox - hunting , and others with the more profitable ...
... bear irreproachable characters . The athletic diversions of foot - ball , cricket , quoits , foot races , & c . are universally practised in the country . Some divert themselves with fox - hunting , and others with the more profitable ...
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