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Page xxviii
... considerable tract of land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of ...
... considerable tract of land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an amazing depth of rich soil , the wear of ...
Page xxxii
... considerable herds in the unpopulated districts of the island , especially in the rolling mountain deserts of the north- In winter , the reindeer are hunted down by the natives , for the sake of their flesh and horns . They have never ...
... considerable herds in the unpopulated districts of the island , especially in the rolling mountain deserts of the north- In winter , the reindeer are hunted down by the natives , for the sake of their flesh and horns . They have never ...
Page xl
... considerable importance in the history of the island was the discovery of Greenland by Eirik the Red . This new country soon became a flourishing settlement , with a cathedral , two towns , and 190 farms . Shortly after this followed ...
... considerable importance in the history of the island was the discovery of Greenland by Eirik the Red . This new country soon became a flourishing settlement , with a cathedral , two towns , and 190 farms . Shortly after this followed ...
Page xlvii
... considerable store of valuable MSS . Another distinguished Icelander is Thormod Forfous , author of The Series of Dynasties and Kings of Denmark and the History of Norway . Last in the list comes the sculptor Thorwaldsen , whose ...
... considerable store of valuable MSS . Another distinguished Icelander is Thormod Forfous , author of The Series of Dynasties and Kings of Denmark and the History of Norway . Last in the list comes the sculptor Thorwaldsen , whose ...
Page 24
... considerably arched , and so also is the gape ; the lower mandible has its outline marked by two curves meeting at an angle ... considerable sum ; yet , since the date mentioned above , no penguin or great Auk has been seen and captured ...
... considerably arched , and so also is the gape ; the lower mandible has its outline marked by two curves meeting at an angle ... considerable sum ; yet , since the date mentioned above , no penguin or great Auk has been seen and captured ...
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