Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 375
the ice, watching from morning till night, andnight till morning, over a seal hole; or spends the days intraversing frozen regions in quest of game, which affords, atbest, but a scanty pittance, scarcely enough, at times, to save 368 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON CHARACTER. him from utter starvation. He… … Fig. 471.—Seal Hunting. clothes of hair and skins, and exhibits a moderate degree ofmechanical skill in manufacturing utensils, and providing forthe real wants of his body. But he is neither a philosopher,a poet, a statesman, nor great in anything. At best, he islittle more than a simple child in…
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