The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 54National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography |
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Page 62
... hand , but without much regard for color or contrast in the materials of its cloak ; yet it has a remark- able capacity for making itself inconspicu- ous by another method . Deprived of silt or other substances , it will simulate its ...
... hand , but without much regard for color or contrast in the materials of its cloak ; yet it has a remark- able capacity for making itself inconspicu- ous by another method . Deprived of silt or other substances , it will simulate its ...
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... hand . It was not until I reached St. Louis that I found two bones had been broken . It rained all that night and until 10 o'clock next morning . Then the humid atmosphere gave way to sharp northwest- erly weather . The wind kept rising ...
... hand . It was not until I reached St. Louis that I found two bones had been broken . It rained all that night and until 10 o'clock next morning . Then the humid atmosphere gave way to sharp northwest- erly weather . The wind kept rising ...
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... hands , before taking to cover , had seen a man pulling downstream into the storm . The last they saw of him he was trying to climb out on a sandbar , waves all about him . When the storm had gone on and they looked again , no trace ...
... hands , before taking to cover , had seen a man pulling downstream into the storm . The last they saw of him he was trying to climb out on a sandbar , waves all about him . When the storm had gone on and they looked again , no trace ...
Page 108
... hand on barges so inclined that the finished products may be easily slid from the deck of the boat into the desired places in the water . THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE RIVER After the protection mattresses have been woven they ...
... hand on barges so inclined that the finished products may be easily slid from the deck of the boat into the desired places in the water . THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE RIVER After the protection mattresses have been woven they ...
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... hand , had raced the boats of the artful Manuel Lisa , whom they suspected of planning to stir up the Indians ahead . At the Great Bend of the Missouri I was sure I located the very camp site from which an energetic young voyager ...
... hand , had raced the boats of the artful Manuel Lisa , whom they suspected of planning to stir up the Indians ahead . At the Great Bend of the Missouri I was sure I located the very camp site from which an energetic young voyager ...
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