An engineer's holiday; or, Notes of a round trip from long. 00 to 00, Том 2Kegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1882 |
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... reaching the hundred and eightieth meridian , will of course declare that it is midnight of any given day , while the sun says it is noon ; and vice versa if he sails eastward , or against the sun's path in the heavens . Or , to put it ...
... reaching the hundred and eightieth meridian , will of course declare that it is midnight of any given day , while the sun says it is noon ; and vice versa if he sails eastward , or against the sun's path in the heavens . Or , to put it ...
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... idols elbowing the Shinto mirror , while priests of both religions officiate in the same temple , the people worshipping without discrimination of creeds . Darkness fell before we reached Noshima , where we spent 58 AN ENGINEER'S HOLIDAY .
... idols elbowing the Shinto mirror , while priests of both religions officiate in the same temple , the people worshipping without discrimination of creeds . Darkness fell before we reached Noshima , where we spent 58 AN ENGINEER'S HOLIDAY .
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Daniel Pidgeon. Darkness fell before we reached Noshima , where we spent the night , repeating all our tea - house experiences of yesterday , but finding the beds harder , the fleas hungrier , supper less appetizing , and sleep more coy ...
Daniel Pidgeon. Darkness fell before we reached Noshima , where we spent the night , repeating all our tea - house experiences of yesterday , but finding the beds harder , the fleas hungrier , supper less appetizing , and sleep more coy ...
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... reached a large open square , the courtyard of the temple , where multitudes of tame pigeons , to whom every one threw peas , ran about , so confident and importunate that they had actually to be pushed aside with the foot . Arrived at ...
... reached a large open square , the courtyard of the temple , where multitudes of tame pigeons , to whom every one threw peas , ran about , so confident and importunate that they had actually to be pushed aside with the foot . Arrived at ...
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... reached the top of the pass , whence the ground slopes rapidly away to an extensive plain , out of which Fusiyama rises , its mass displayed from base to summit . Although the mountain - top was quite clear when we started , we caught ...
... reached the top of the pass , whence the ground slopes rapidly away to an extensive plain , out of which Fusiyama rises , its mass displayed from base to summit . Although the mountain - top was quite clear when we started , we caught ...
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