Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man: As Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture and ManufacturesRand, 1852 - 335 páginas |
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... round the world to get here ! ' " And I , " said Ketchup , " came into existence as a mushroom , and was pickled by Underwood of Boston . " I , " said Soy , " was reared and manufactured in Japan ! " " " And And 1 , " 25 2 -01 24W ...
... round the world to get here ! ' " And I , " said Ketchup , " came into existence as a mushroom , and was pickled by Underwood of Boston . " I , " said Soy , " was reared and manufactured in Japan ! " " " And And 1 , " 25 2 -01 24W ...
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... ships of all other nations from fishing in the seas round Spitzbergen , on pretence of its having been discovered first by Sir Hugh Willoughby . The 7 Company finding the Dutch whalers frequenting this neighborhood , THE WHALE FISHERY .
... ships of all other nations from fishing in the seas round Spitzbergen , on pretence of its having been discovered first by Sir Hugh Willoughby . The 7 Company finding the Dutch whalers frequenting this neighborhood , THE WHALE FISHERY .
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... round the body is from eight to twenty inches . The lips are composed almost entirely of blubber , and yield from one to two tons of pure oil each . The blubber and the whalebone are the only valuable parts of the animal . The blubber ...
... round the body is from eight to twenty inches . The lips are composed almost entirely of blubber , and yield from one to two tons of pure oil each . The blubber and the whalebone are the only valuable parts of the animal . The blubber ...
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... round a kind of post called a bollard . Such is the friction of the line when running round the bollard , that it frequently envelops the harpooner in smoke , and if the wood were not frequently moistened , it would take fire . During ...
... round a kind of post called a bollard . Such is the friction of the line when running round the bollard , that it frequently envelops the harpooner in smoke , and if the wood were not frequently moistened , it would take fire . During ...
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... and on his return to the sur- face , remains nearly stationary or moves round in a small circle , he is usually captured without much haz XVIII . - 3 ard or difficulty . But when , on the contrary THE WHALE FISHERY . 25.
... and on his return to the sur- face , remains nearly stationary or moves round in a small circle , he is usually captured without much haz XVIII . - 3 ard or difficulty . But when , on the contrary THE WHALE FISHERY . 25.
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adventurers afterwards America animals annually appeared attack bear boat Brazil Britain British brought buffaloes called Captain caravan carried cattle China coal coast commerce Company cotton crew diamonds discovered discovery distance Dutch East employed England English enterprise Europe exported extent feet fire fish fishery formed four fur trade furs gold harpoon head herd horses Hudson's Bay Company hundred hunters hunting immense Indians Indies iron island killed labor land length Magellan manufacture Mecca merchants metal miles millions of dollars miners mines navigation nearly Northwest Company Nova Zembla Ormuz passage passage to India Peru Porto Bello Portuguese pounds produced pursued quantity quarter regions river rock rope round sailed salt savanna ship shore silk silver skin sometimes soon South America South Sea Company Spaniards spermaceti Spitzbergen Straits supply surface thousand tion tons trade vessels voyage whale fishery whole wood