Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Količina 21American Geographical Society of New York, 1889 |
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Stran 12
... facts and specimens of natural history , new to science , and with an intimate knowledge of the life and habits of the Australian aborigines , -- one of those unfortunate races that are rapidly dying out . On 12 Among the Natives of ...
... facts and specimens of natural history , new to science , and with an intimate knowledge of the life and habits of the Australian aborigines , -- one of those unfortunate races that are rapidly dying out . On 12 Among the Natives of ...
Stran 14
... fact that their powers of perception are good . All evidence leads to the same conclusion . Their eyes are always dark , with the whites of a dirty yellowish hue and with the capil- laries very marked , a peculiarity that gives to the ...
... fact that their powers of perception are good . All evidence leads to the same conclusion . Their eyes are always dark , with the whites of a dirty yellowish hue and with the capil- laries very marked , a peculiarity that gives to the ...
Stran 22
... fact , as I can eat any quantity of the domesticated bees ' honey with perfect safety . Both this indigestibility of the Australian honey and its fer- mentation are due to the fact that these wild bees have no poison and only a ...
... fact , as I can eat any quantity of the domesticated bees ' honey with perfect safety . Both this indigestibility of the Australian honey and its fer- mentation are due to the fact that these wild bees have no poison and only a ...
Stran 32
... fact that he never can get into an independent position . He never lays anything aside and does not know how to make money . He never learns to become a trader , and he retains , when civilized , the decided disinclination for farming ...
... fact that he never can get into an independent position . He never lays anything aside and does not know how to make money . He never learns to become a trader , and he retains , when civilized , the decided disinclination for farming ...
Stran 33
... fact that the several govern- ments at present do everything in their power to pre- serve them . When the Europeans first went to Vic- toria , according to one account , there were 9000 blacks , but now there are only some 750 under the ...
... fact that the several govern- ments at present do everything in their power to pre- serve them . When the Europeans first went to Vic- toria , according to one account , there were 9000 blacks , but now there are only some 750 under the ...
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Stran 263 - ... degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Stran 262 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Stran 263 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...
Stran 262 - The line of demarcation between the possessions of the high contracting parties, upon the coast of the continent, and the islands of America to the northwest, shall be drawn...
Stran ii - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Stran 262 - ... point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, (of the same meridian;) and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen ocean.
Stran 262 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Stran 263 - ... at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Stran lxviii - Angell in the chair. The reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.