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Scientific American, Vol. 39, No. 11 (1878) (1878)

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opened the three scraped out, in which the eggs may lie and the young may Hansa, reached, in the former vessel, 75° 30’. In 1872 Count rest at their ease. chief roads towards the North Pole, namely, those of Smith’s Wilczek fitted out the Tegethoff, and intrusted an expedi- Sometimes, if the leaf… … reckoned at three and a half tons. The hull, for great- THE TAILOR BIRD. are three decks, exclusive of the hurricane, the main er safety, is divided into three water-tight compart- deck being of iron covered with wood. The vessel was ments, and, since the 1st of April, has been under the built…

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