Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, 21. köideAmerican Geographical Society of New York, 1889 |
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... marked look of melancholy about it . The farther you go west the more does the whole scenery assume a dry aspect . In western Queens- land they think nothing of it if they have no rain for eight or ten months . The grass is gray almost ...
... marked look of melancholy about it . The farther you go west the more does the whole scenery assume a dry aspect . In western Queens- land they think nothing of it if they have no rain for eight or ten months . The grass is gray almost ...
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... marked projection above the eyes , pointing to the fact that their powers of perception are good . All evidence leads to the same conclusion . Their eyes are always dark , with the whites of a dirty yellowish hue and with the capil ...
... marked projection above the eyes , pointing to the fact that their powers of perception are good . All evidence leads to the same conclusion . Their eyes are always dark , with the whites of a dirty yellowish hue and with the capil ...
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... marked with lines . The number of these markings is increased as he grows older , and a crescentic line , with the points bent outwards , is drawn around the nipple . Only the men are thus decorated with marks of rank , while the women ...
... marked with lines . The number of these markings is increased as he grows older , and a crescentic line , with the points bent outwards , is drawn around the nipple . Only the men are thus decorated with marks of rank , while the women ...
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... marked with two half - moon shaped marks on their breast . The wound is kept open and the scabs , before they peel off , are collected , placed in a very small bas- ket , round his neck , and then carried into the forest and thrown away ...
... marked with two half - moon shaped marks on their breast . The wound is kept open and the scabs , before they peel off , are collected , placed in a very small bas- ket , round his neck , and then carried into the forest and thrown away ...
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... marked . The river is much narrower , the average width being six hundred and fifty ( 650 ) feet ; there are no islands except small ones at the rapids ; the current , except at the rapids , is slight and at times imperceptible , and ...
... marked . The river is much narrower , the average width being six hundred and fifty ( 650 ) feet ; there are no islands except small ones at the rapids ; the current , except at the rapids , is slight and at times imperceptible , and ...
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Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 262 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Page 263 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Page 262 - The line of demarcation between the possessions of the high contracting parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of America to the northwest, shall be drawn...
Page ii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 262 - ... point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, (of the same meridian;) and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen ocean.
Page 262 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 263 - ... at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Page lxviii - Angell in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.