The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 12
... side , and their number gradually dimin- ished by death and by desertion of the slaves . The natives told them of a greater river than the Napo which they would find a few days ' voyage farther down . This river , they said , flowed ...
... side , and their number gradually dimin- ished by death and by desertion of the slaves . The natives told them of a greater river than the Napo which they would find a few days ' voyage farther down . This river , they said , flowed ...
Page 20
... side , and since then there have been fewer raids - and fewer Indians . The land was held in large blocks of many thousand acres , worked by overseers and gauchos . The animals were killed by hundreds of thousands for their skins . This ...
... side , and since then there have been fewer raids - and fewer Indians . The land was held in large blocks of many thousand acres , worked by overseers and gauchos . The animals were killed by hundreds of thousands for their skins . This ...
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... , in June last , and after spending more than two months on the mountain sides , one - half their time above the snow line , have 6 - NAT . GEOG . MAG . , VOL . III , 1891 . returned with notes , specimens , and data of the.
... , in June last , and after spending more than two months on the mountain sides , one - half their time above the snow line , have 6 - NAT . GEOG . MAG . , VOL . III , 1891 . returned with notes , specimens , and data of the.
Page 47
... side - that is , O or no rainfall , while on the positive side there is no limit . The most probable depth of rainfall , therefore , is less than the mean value , the preponderance of negative over positive deviations being about 10 per ...
... side - that is , O or no rainfall , while on the positive side there is no limit . The most probable depth of rainfall , therefore , is less than the mean value , the preponderance of negative over positive deviations being about 10 per ...
Page 54
... Side of the Atrevida Glacier ; from a Photograph 102 11 - View on the Atrevida Glacier ; from a Photograph 12 - Entrance of an Ice - Tunnel ; from a Photograph . .-- . 13 - Deltas in an Abandoned Lake - Bed ; from a Photograph 108 14 ...
... Side of the Atrevida Glacier ; from a Photograph 102 11 - View on the Atrevida Glacier ; from a Photograph 12 - Entrance of an Ice - Tunnel ; from a Photograph . .-- . 13 - Deltas in an Abandoned Lake - Bed ; from a Photograph 108 14 ...
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