The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 51National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... inch or two of grimy ice and snow , turned south by east from Sandy Hook light to hunt for a region where the flow- ers were abloom and where summer in- deed flourished in the lap of winter . In less than 24 hours , as we moved rapidly ...
... inch or two of grimy ice and snow , turned south by east from Sandy Hook light to hunt for a region where the flow- ers were abloom and where summer in- deed flourished in the lap of winter . In less than 24 hours , as we moved rapidly ...
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... inches long . In appearance it shows marked resem- blance to the clam worms of northern shores . It lives chiefly in burrows , origi- nally made by other organisms , in the dead corals of the reef , and little is seen of it by one who ...
... inches long . In appearance it shows marked resem- blance to the clam worms of northern shores . It lives chiefly in burrows , origi- nally made by other organisms , in the dead corals of the reef , and little is seen of it by one who ...
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... inch gape ( see Color Plate XII ) . As I go up toward the coral patch . I find the larger Orbicellas standing a foot or two higher than I , like great brown or yellow - olive bowlders . THE BEAUTIFUL WAVING GORGONIANS ARE ANIMALS There ...
... inch gape ( see Color Plate XII ) . As I go up toward the coral patch . I find the larger Orbicellas standing a foot or two higher than I , like great brown or yellow - olive bowlders . THE BEAUTIFUL WAVING GORGONIANS ARE ANIMALS There ...
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... provi- sions , lest those items depreciate in value . Soon exchange rates were established : a 4 - inch nail , for example , bought 20 coco- nuts . Photograph by William Reid his first three months ' stay THE COLUMBUS OF THE PACIFIC 97.
... provi- sions , lest those items depreciate in value . Soon exchange rates were established : a 4 - inch nail , for example , bought 20 coco- nuts . Photograph by William Reid his first three months ' stay THE COLUMBUS OF THE PACIFIC 97.
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... inch long hung from the noses of the sailors , and they were encased in frozen sleet , as if in armor , while on deck . Amid bitter cold and furious storms they worked with rigging so in- crusted with ice that human hands could scarcely ...
... inch long hung from the noses of the sailors , and they were encased in frozen sleet , as if in armor , while on deck . Amid bitter cold and furious storms they worked with rigging so in- crusted with ice that human hands could scarcely ...
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