Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared with Those of Other and Similar RegionsGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - 428 páginas |
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... Falls- Buffalo - Steamer for Mackinaw - Botanical Lecture - The Great Lakes- Boat in distress - Cleveland - Detroit - Lake St. Clair - Flats - Lake Hu- ron - Northern character of the scenery - Meteorological phenomenon— Mackinaw ...
... Falls- Buffalo - Steamer for Mackinaw - Botanical Lecture - The Great Lakes- Boat in distress - Cleveland - Detroit - Lake St. Clair - Flats - Lake Hu- ron - Northern character of the scenery - Meteorological phenomenon— Mackinaw ...
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... Falls- uloogia pot - 2010s -The bandy Islands - A fox in exile- “ Fran- -Difficult embarcation - Gros Cap - White flow- spony −15c outlet of the lake - Arrive all together - Shooting Want ~ Chasi CHAP . IV . * WON THE BALUT HOMEWARDS ...
... Falls- uloogia pot - 2010s -The bandy Islands - A fox in exile- “ Fran- -Difficult embarcation - Gros Cap - White flow- spony −15c outlet of the lake - Arrive all together - Shooting Want ~ Chasi CHAP . IV . * WON THE BALUT HOMEWARDS ...
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... Lake Superior , 239-241 . - Account of the larva and pupa of a coleopterous insect from Niagara Falls , referred by Dekay to the Crustaceans , 241-2 .......... 201-242 V. CATALOGUE OF SHELLS , WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES CONTENTS .
... Lake Superior , 239-241 . - Account of the larva and pupa of a coleopterous insect from Niagara Falls , referred by Dekay to the Crustaceans , 241-2 .......... 201-242 V. CATALOGUE OF SHELLS , WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES CONTENTS .
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... FALLS ... 7. RAPIDS , BLACK RIVER .... 8. PIC ISLAND ..... . Frontispiece . Page . ... 54 .62 .78 .80 ... 86 ... 101 ... 106 II . NATURAL HISTORY . 1. PERCOPSIS GUTTATUS ; SALMO SISCOWET ...... .333 2. RHINICHTHYS MARMORATUS ...
... FALLS ... 7. RAPIDS , BLACK RIVER .... 8. PIC ISLAND ..... . Frontispiece . Page . ... 54 .62 .78 .80 ... 86 ... 101 ... 106 II . NATURAL HISTORY . 1. PERCOPSIS GUTTATUS ; SALMO SISCOWET ...... .333 2. RHINICHTHYS MARMORATUS ...
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... Falls about 11 o'clock . The road thither presents a continuation of the same noble forest of " first growth , " but often broken by clearings . Our European friends were much struck by the contrast with the region we had left only ...
... Falls about 11 o'clock . The road thither presents a continuation of the same noble forest of " first growth , " but often broken by clearings . Our European friends were much struck by the contrast with the region we had left only ...
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