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... - Night Search in the Gutta Percha Boat along the Coast . Port Leopold again . Heavy Barrier of Means employed to carry and drag the Boat ment . - - Ice . across it 231 245 257 ―― CONTENTS . CHAPTER XXI . - Again at Whaler XIV CONTENTS .
... - Night Search in the Gutta Percha Boat along the Coast . Port Leopold again . Heavy Barrier of Means employed to carry and drag the Boat ment . - - Ice . across it 231 245 257 ―― CONTENTS . CHAPTER XXI . - Again at Whaler XIV CONTENTS .
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... other quarters , " to descend Regent's Inlet , and seek the passage along the coast discovered by Messrs . Dease and Simpson . " — Vide Arctic Returns , 1848 , p . 24 . the best and most likely mode of examining the northern B 3.
... other quarters , " to descend Regent's Inlet , and seek the passage along the coast discovered by Messrs . Dease and Simpson . " — Vide Arctic Returns , 1848 , p . 24 . the best and most likely mode of examining the northern B 3.
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... coast of Regent Inlet to the bottom of the Gulf of Boothia , together with the western side of Boothia into James Ross Strait , and down to Simpson's Strait . The latter of these formed the passage into Regent's Inlet , which is laid ...
... coast of Regent Inlet to the bottom of the Gulf of Boothia , together with the western side of Boothia into James Ross Strait , and down to Simpson's Strait . The latter of these formed the passage into Regent's Inlet , which is laid ...
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... coast of Boothia , the first and chief object ; others considered it preferable to search , in the first instance , the east as well as the west sides of Regent's Inlet , and the passages leading out of it into Hudson's Bay . Ample ...
... coast of Boothia , the first and chief object ; others considered it preferable to search , in the first instance , the east as well as the west sides of Regent's Inlet , and the passages leading out of it into Hudson's Bay . Ample ...
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... coast guard station , and a boat was sent off , which spoke the yacht in com- pany astern of us , and received from Commander For- syth , who was on board of her , some additional letters for London . Soon afterwards a salute was fired ...
... coast guard station , and a boat was sent off , which spoke the yacht in com- pany astern of us , and received from Commander For- syth , who was on board of her , some additional letters for London . Soon afterwards a salute was fired ...
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