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The Hayes Arctic Expedition Letter From Dr Hayes To The New-york Committee–Exciting Narrative By Surgeon Longshaw Annual Meeting Of The Extended Island Bible Society The New York Times

Still farther on I met Kudlooktoo, returning on the same errand, and a small later came upon some of the other divisions that had been obliged to quit to repair their sledges which had suffered severely in their encounters with the rough ice. When we had been far sufficient out on the ice to be away from the shelter of the land, we got the full force of the violent wind. But it was not in our faces, and as we had a trail which could be followed, even if with heads down and eyes half closed, the wind did...

Kay Says Lab-Made Earrings May Contain Natural Diamonds Jck

The Crown Jewels represented a strong symbol of the deposed Monarchy, and by dispersing these jewels, the Government intended not only to destroy this symbol but to stop any would-be monarch from making use of them. Throughout the First Empire, the Hortensia was mounted on the fastening of Napoleon’s epaulet braid. Later it was set in the center of the headband of the excellent diamond-encrusted comb made by the Court Jeweler, Bapst, for Empress Eugénie in 1856. In amongst, in 1830, the diamond was stolen once again, on this occasion from the Ministry of the Marine, but it was rapidly...