View of the Russian Empire: During the Reign of Catharine, the Second, and to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, 2. kötetP. Wogan, 1801 |
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28. oldal
... animals whose skins are used as furs , efpecially fables and grey fquirrels , for the wear of the ruffian gen- try in town and country . They roam about in com- panies ; are frequently out for feveral weeks at a time in the wilds and ...
... animals whose skins are used as furs , efpecially fables and grey fquirrels , for the wear of the ruffian gen- try in town and country . They roam about in com- panies ; are frequently out for feveral weeks at a time in the wilds and ...
48. oldal
... animals , and ufually indulge themselves in coarfe and licentious buffooneries.- After these comedies , or masquerades , which are fometimes omitted , the party amuse themselves with finging , dancing , playing for stakes , and always ...
... animals , and ufually indulge themselves in coarfe and licentious buffooneries.- After these comedies , or masquerades , which are fometimes omitted , the party amuse themselves with finging , dancing , playing for stakes , and always ...
60. oldal
... animal food , if not totally unknown to them , is at leaft very fel- dom put upon their homely board . Various forts of grits , pulfe , and potatoes , are their common nourishment . Sour cabbage , four turneps , four- crout , and other ...
... animal food , if not totally unknown to them , is at leaft very fel- dom put upon their homely board . Various forts of grits , pulfe , and potatoes , are their common nourishment . Sour cabbage , four turneps , four- crout , and other ...
66. oldal
... animals , moxa of artemifia , and the like . The Buræts refemble the Kalmuks in outward form as far as fome flight variations . We find , for example , more lufty people among the former ; their growth of hair is not fo copious , and ...
... animals , moxa of artemifia , and the like . The Buræts refemble the Kalmuks in outward form as far as fome flight variations . We find , for example , more lufty people among the former ; their growth of hair is not fo copious , and ...
67. oldal
... animal and vegetable productions of nature become more and more ftunted . The ordinary ftature of the SAMOYEDES feldom exceeds four or five feet , and their whole exterior corresponds with their dwar- fish fize . They are commonly fquat ...
... animal and vegetable productions of nature become more and more ftunted . The ordinary ftature of the SAMOYEDES feldom exceeds four or five feet , and their whole exterior corresponds with their dwar- fish fize . They are commonly fquat ...
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333. oldal - ... their skins. They were so ravenous, that with one hand we could hold to them a piece of flesh, and with a stick or axe in the other could knock them on the head.
332. oldal - Every morning we saw these audacious animals patrolling about among the sea-lions and sea-bears lying on the strand, smelling at such as were asleep, to discover whether some one of them might not be dead...
332. oldal - If we lay down, as if intending to fleep, they came and fmelled our nofes to try whether we were dead or alive ; if we held our breath, they gave fuch a tug to the nofe as if they would bite it off.
15. oldal - From their natural and fimple way of life, their •wants are few, and thofe eafily fatisfied, leaving them leifure for recreations and repofe; and the conftant cheerfulnefs of their temper frees them from troublefome projects, procures them...
332. oldal - ... them by every means we could devise. When we awoke in the morning, there always lay two or three that had been knocked on the head...
330. oldal - Apes on the island of Saxenburg. " They forced themselves into our habitations by night as well as by day, stealing all that they could carry off; even things that were of no use to them, as knives, sticks, and cloaths.
329. oldal - As foon as the little creature is aware of his purfuer, he efcapes into a hollow tree, which the hunter furrounds with a net, and then either cuts it entirely down, or forces the fable by fire and fmoke to abandon his retreat...