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Page 263
... lived a nomadic life along the seacoast , hunting birds and seals , fishing , gath- ering eggs and shellfish , and utilizing the oc- casional beached whale . Women customarily dove for shellfish ; men captured fish in bark- fibre nets ...
... lived a nomadic life along the seacoast , hunting birds and seals , fishing , gath- ering eggs and shellfish , and utilizing the oc- casional beached whale . Women customarily dove for shellfish ; men captured fish in bark- fibre nets ...
Page 293
... lived in , an ancient tree said to have been planted by the sage , and a well from which he drank . Inside the town of Ch'ü - fu but lying out- side of the temple enclosure is an elaborate complex of buildings that was the residence of ...
... lived in , an ancient tree said to have been planted by the sage , and a well from which he drank . Inside the town of Ch'ü - fu but lying out- side of the temple enclosure is an elaborate complex of buildings that was the residence of ...
Page 410
... lived . They were culturally similar to the Chinook ( q.v. ) . Like other peoples of the Northwest Coast , they lived principally on fish , although some groups living along the upper rivers relied more heavily on land hunting than was ...
... lived . They were culturally similar to the Chinook ( q.v. ) . Like other peoples of the Northwest Coast , they lived principally on fish , although some groups living along the upper rivers relied more heavily on land hunting than was ...
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