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but because they regarded it as so very palatable. Then a fire was built of driftwood looking back from the feasting Eskimos! Probably not a bit of the belugas except a little of the blubber, will be left by night. The attitudes of the riflemen as they watched the animal’s appearance above water, le...
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ftunivpacificdc:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmj-all-3084 2023-08-27T04:08:43+02:00 June-October 1881, Cruise of the Corwin, Part II Image 83 Muir, John 1881-06-01T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2085 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3084/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/2085 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/3084/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg To view additional information on copyright and related rights of this item, such as to purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish them, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies . All John Muir Journals John Muir journals drawings writings travel journaling naturalist text 1881 ftunivpacificdc 2023-08-07T21:03:34Z but because they regarded it as so very palatable. Then a fire was built of driftwood looking back from the feasting Eskimos! Probably not a bit of the belugas except a little of the blubber, will be left by night. The attitudes of the riflemen as they watched the animal’s appearance above water, legs spread, rifle to shoulder, and eyes vividly on the alert, were very striking. These animals are quite abundant hereabouts, and used to be killed with spears that had heads made of stone or ivory. Whales were killed in the same manner. A much larger number of right whales is killed by the natives about the shores of Behring Sea and along the polar shoes than is supposed. Almost every village gets from 1 to 5 every season. Then comes https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3084/thumbnail.jpg Text Beluga* eskimo* University of the Pacific: Scholarly Commons |
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but because they regarded it as so very palatable. Then a fire was built of driftwood looking back from the feasting Eskimos! Probably not a bit of the belugas except a little of the blubber, will be left by night. The attitudes of the riflemen as they watched the animal’s appearance above water, legs spread, rifle to shoulder, and eyes vividly on the alert, were very striking. These animals are quite abundant hereabouts, and used to be killed with spears that had heads made of stone or ivory. Whales were killed in the same manner. A much larger number of right whales is killed by the natives about the shores of Behring Sea and along the polar shoes than is supposed. Almost every village gets from 1 to 5 every season. Then comes https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3084/thumbnail.jpg |
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