Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay: In His Majesty's Ship Rosamond Containing Some Account of the North-Eastern Coast of Americ[a] and of the Tribes Inhabiting that Remote Region

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J. Mawman, By R. Watts, 1817 - 279 pagine

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Pagina 120 - As far as the eye could reach, a vast alabaster pavement overspread the surface of the sea, whose dark blue waters could only be seen at intervals, where parts of the pavement appeared to have been convulsively torn up, and heaped upon each other in ruined fragments. The snow-white surface of this immense plain formed a most striking contrast to the deep black clouds of a stormy night; through which, uninterrupted flashes of...
Pagina 58 - ... and regular. The complexion is a dusky yellow, but some of the young women have a little colour bursting through this dark tint. The noses of the men are rather flattened, but those of the women are rather prominent. The males are, generally speaking, between five feet five inches, and five feet...
Pagina 59 - ... tint. The noses of the men are rather flattened, but those of the women are rather prominent. The males are, generally speaking, between five feet five inches and five feet eight inches high, bony and broad shouldered, but do not appear to possess much muscular strength.
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