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Page 105
... living both on land and on the sea , and from the hair of which are made the most costly hats , called beaver . It makes itself a house of logs on the steep shores of the sea and its tail must always lie in the sea when the creature is ...
... living both on land and on the sea , and from the hair of which are made the most costly hats , called beaver . It makes itself a house of logs on the steep shores of the sea and its tail must always lie in the sea when the creature is ...
Page 190
... censis ) ; the perfume from the latter is highly valued , but in both cases the secretion is extracted from a pouch in front of the scrotum in the living animal . paper should be placed in a hat , two of 190 [ 1624 THE LIFE.
... censis ) ; the perfume from the latter is highly valued , but in both cases the secretion is extracted from a pouch in front of the scrotum in the living animal . paper should be placed in a hat , two of 190 [ 1624 THE LIFE.
Page 262
... living at Eyri with the honourable couple Jón Magnússon the younger and Ingveld Gudmund's daughter . This Ingibjörg was the daughter of Sir Ólaf who had held the living of Stað in Súgandafjörð , and a sister of Randíð , Ólaf's daughter ...
... living at Eyri with the honourable couple Jón Magnússon the younger and Ingveld Gudmund's daughter . This Ingibjörg was the daughter of Sir Ólaf who had held the living of Stað in Súgandafjörð , and a sister of Randíð , Ólaf's daughter ...
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A waterspout and mirage Crossing the Line | 56 |
Penguin Island Birds beasts and fish at the Cape | 64 |
Hottentots Description of Africa The Chris | 78 |
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