 We had abundance of materials for building in the fragments of limestone that covered the beach, and we therefore erected a cairn of some magnitude, under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we...  The Search for the North Pole - Page 193by Evelyn Briggs Baldwin - 1896 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 700 pages
...under which we buried a canister, containing a record of the interesting fact ; only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...ambition, under the feelings of that exciting day. The latitude of this spot is 70° 5' 17", and its longitude 96° 46' 45" west. ' This subject is much... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...under which we buried a canister, containing a record of the interesting fact : only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...ambition, under the feelings of that exciting day. The latitude of this spot is 70° 6" 1 7", and its longitude 96° 46' 45" west. This subject is much... | |
 | Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross - Eskimos - 1835 - 496 pages
...under which we buried a canister, containing a record of the interesting fact: only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...ambition, under the feelings of that exciting day. The latitude of this spot is 70° 5' 17', and its longitude 96° 46' 45", west. This subject is much... | |
 | England - 1835 - 802 pages
...which we buried a canister, containing a record of the interesting fact ; only regretting that we hud not the means of •constructing a pyramid of more...strength sufficient to withstand the assaults of time and the Esquimaux. Had it been a pyramid as large as that of Cheops, I am not quite sure that it would... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...importance, and of strength sufficient to withstand tlu assaidts of time and of the Esquimaux. Had it been a pyramid as larp; as that of Cheops, I am not... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...ambition under the feelings of that exciting day." On the 28th of August, 1831, they contrived to warp the Victory out into the open sea, and made sail... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - Physics - 1853 - 390 pages
...under which we buried a canister, containing a record of the interesting fact ; only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...Esquimaux. Had it been a pyramid as large as that of the Cheops, I am not quite sure that it would have done more than satisfy our ambition, under the feelings... | |
 | Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...been a pyramid as large as that of Cheops, I am not quits sure that it would have done more than satisfy our ambition under the feelings of that exciting... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Arctic regions - 1857 - 530 pages
...under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...ambition under the feelings of that exciting day." On the 28th of August, 1831, they contrived to warp the Victory out into the open sea, and made sail... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Arctic regions - 1857 - 500 pages
...under which we buried a canister containing a record of the interesting fact, only regretting that we had not the means of constructing a pyramid of...more than satisfy our ambition, under the feelings of v that excitiDg day. The latitude of this spot is 70° 5' I7", and its longitude 96° 46' 45" west.... | |
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