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... wind . Yet it was certainly neither of these , for there was about it a human quality , disturbing and evocative . ' They searched for possible survivors , but found none ; and no one else aboard the ship heard anything at all . Nor on ...
... wind . Yet it was certainly neither of these , for there was about it a human quality , disturbing and evocative . ' They searched for possible survivors , but found none ; and no one else aboard the ship heard anything at all . Nor on ...
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... wind issued from a cavern . This he took to be Boreas , and beyond that were the Hyperboreans . He was told something about the settled life of the Chinese , who were looked upon as vegetar- ians because they ate cereals . The ...
... wind issued from a cavern . This he took to be Boreas , and beyond that were the Hyperboreans . He was told something about the settled life of the Chinese , who were looked upon as vegetar- ians because they ate cereals . The ...
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... wind which turned us from the direction in which the rukh was . ' Pigafetta , the historian of Magellan's voyage around the world , also said the China seas were the haunt of the bird . And one appears in Johannes Strad- anus ...
... wind which turned us from the direction in which the rukh was . ' Pigafetta , the historian of Magellan's voyage around the world , also said the China seas were the haunt of the bird . And one appears in Johannes Strad- anus ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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