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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... side of the continent , making their inland excursions from California , as the English do from Canada and New Britain . The usual dress of these Indians consists of a pair of stockings , made of pliable leather ; a sort of loose jacket ...
... side of the continent , making their inland excursions from California , as the English do from Canada and New Britain . The usual dress of these Indians consists of a pair of stockings , made of pliable leather ; a sort of loose jacket ...
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... side being fifty feet long . On that side where the animals are to enter , a bank of earth is raised with an easy descent , so as to be on a level with the top of the enclosure , or the other side of the square . Several branches of ...
... side being fifty feet long . On that side where the animals are to enter , a bank of earth is raised with an easy descent , so as to be on a level with the top of the enclosure , or the other side of the square . Several branches of ...
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... sides of the mountains ; and it is a remarkable fact , that they obstinately refuse to reside in more comfortable dwellings , which have been erected for them by the missionaries . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDA 14 ...
... sides of the mountains ; and it is a remarkable fact , that they obstinately refuse to reside in more comfortable dwellings , which have been erected for them by the missionaries . THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDA 14 ...
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... side all the year , and his wife and daughters forsake the dairy and the spinning wheel to share with him in the toils of harvest.- The last object of his industry is to build a dwell- ing house ; but though this business is sometimes ...
... side all the year , and his wife and daughters forsake the dairy and the spinning wheel to share with him in the toils of harvest.- The last object of his industry is to build a dwell- ing house ; but though this business is sometimes ...
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... side , which , sloping to the water with a gentle descent , opened a prospect of the bay and the ships at anchor . This lawn was screened behind by a tall wood of myrtle , sweeping round it in form of a theatre ; the slope on which the ...
... side , which , sloping to the water with a gentle descent , opened a prospect of the bay and the ships at anchor . This lawn was screened behind by a tall wood of myrtle , sweeping round it in form of a theatre ; the slope on which the ...
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