The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... crossed that broad river to push on in hot quest or in weary indifference toward the beckoning West - of the lonely , ven- turesome trapper devouring his evening meal uncooked , lest the light of his fire should attract the eye of ...
... crossed that broad river to push on in hot quest or in weary indifference toward the beckoning West - of the lonely , ven- turesome trapper devouring his evening meal uncooked , lest the light of his fire should attract the eye of ...
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... crossed to the plane during the time the photographic plate was exposed . FLOODLIGHTING AND BEACONS AT A MIDWESTERN AIR MAIL FIELD The rotating beam , " like a thin saber of fire , " flashes far out along the route , guiding the night ...
... crossed to the plane during the time the photographic plate was exposed . FLOODLIGHTING AND BEACONS AT A MIDWESTERN AIR MAIL FIELD The rotating beam , " like a thin saber of fire , " flashes far out along the route , guiding the night ...
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... crossing the Sierra Nevada ( known in Air Mail parlance as " The Hump " ) . This transcontinental service is daily and , together with the added New York - Chicago overnight service , the scheduled yearly mileage is 1,945,450 miles ...
... crossing the Sierra Nevada ( known in Air Mail parlance as " The Hump " ) . This transcontinental service is daily and , together with the added New York - Chicago overnight service , the scheduled yearly mileage is 1,945,450 miles ...
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... crossing the mountains at this point , some 30 miles northeast of Lake Tahoe , as at any point on its whole system . The snow sometimes reaches a depth here of 30 feet , so that it is necessary to inclose the rails with snowsheds ...
... crossing the mountains at this point , some 30 miles northeast of Lake Tahoe , as at any point on its whole system . The snow sometimes reaches a depth here of 30 feet , so that it is necessary to inclose the rails with snowsheds ...
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... crossed and inbred on the English Pouter , so that to - day the only difference between them is not one of type , but of size . THE POUTER IS THE ARISTOCRAT AND BUFFOON OF PIGEONS The Pouter ( see Color Plate VI ) is not only the ...
... crossed and inbred on the English Pouter , so that to - day the only difference between them is not one of type , but of size . THE POUTER IS THE ARISTOCRAT AND BUFFOON OF PIGEONS The Pouter ( see Color Plate VI ) is not only the ...
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 306 - dust. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone.
Page 67 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 174 - Paracelsus": Are there not . . . dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of a diver, One—when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge. One—when, a prince, he rises with his pearl? The
Page 304 - with whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years—
Page 549 - and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return.
Page 571 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out"; and
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Page 191 - To enjoy true happiness, we must travel into a very far country, and even out of ourselves, for the Pearl we seek for is
Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.