...er with pitch. References are made to these people by Job and other very early writers. For some reason, which is not recorded in history, they finall... ... where the riches brought back by them were obtained, while equally creditable writers believe that the voyage was to the kingdom of Sofala on the Eas... ...as not only popularly opposed by the people but rejected by many distinguished writers of the Augustan Age. Formaleoni claims that the Venetians disco... ...emale of which is superstitiously believed to lay her eggs on the back of the male who flies about with them until they are hatched; he watched the p... ...s usually their custom. As soon as they occupied the city, they seized all the male population and locked them Tip in the churches, then issued a proc... ...h from the outside. "As soon as one of the family had been selected all of the male members were looked upon as devoted to the same horrid purpose. It... ...age, the Vega, was manned by two officers and seventeen men, volunteers of the Swedish navy. It was a staunch whaler of two hundred and ninety-nine to... ...d that progress was almost impossible. In this far off corner of the world the Swedish explorer came near meeting one of his countrymen, a whaler name...