Eskimo LifeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - Broj stranica: 350 Observations of Eskimos during stay at Godthab, west Greenland, in winter of 1888-89 after crossing of Greenland ice sheet. Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. |
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... believe them . This band , which the travellers are pleased to designate under- drawers - how far it deserves such a name I will leave to the reader to judge from the accompanying illustration - is , I am told , called nåtit by the ...
... believe them . This band , which the travellers are pleased to designate under- drawers - how far it deserves such a name I will leave to the reader to judge from the accompanying illustration - is , I am told , called nåtit by the ...
Stranica 90
... believe that the Eskimos are in the habit of drinking train - oil , although even Hans Egede has pointed out that this is a mistake . That they do not always refuse it , however , when it comes in their way , I was able to assure myself ...
... believe that the Eskimos are in the habit of drinking train - oil , although even Hans Egede has pointed out that this is a mistake . That they do not always refuse it , however , when it comes in their way , I was able to assure myself ...
Stranica 91
... believe , secure the stomach first of all ; and the last thing an Eskimo lady enjoins upon her lover , when he sets off rein- deer - hunting , is that he must reserve for her the stomach of his prey . It is no doubt because they stand ...
... believe , secure the stomach first of all ; and the last thing an Eskimo lady enjoins upon her lover , when he sets off rein- deer - hunting , is that he must reserve for her the stomach of his prey . It is no doubt because they stand ...
Stranica 120
... believe with Spencer that the religion of friendship is that of the future , that self- sacrifice for the benefit of the community is the point towards which development is tending , we must assign to the Eskimo a high place in the ...
... believe with Spencer that the religion of friendship is that of the future , that self- sacrifice for the benefit of the community is the point towards which development is tending , we must assign to the Eskimo a high place in the ...
Stranica 126
... believe Dalager , they are not altogether free from graver defects . He says : Lying and backbiting are chiefly to be found among the women . The men , on the other hand , are much more honest , and shrink from relating anything which ...
... believe Dalager , they are not altogether free from graver defects . He says : Lying and backbiting are chiefly to be found among the women . The men , on the other hand , are much more honest , and shrink from relating anything which ...
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