First communication with the natives of Boothia Felix mb-height 2681 rose and thistle

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Behind the lake is a modelled panorama

with figures and horse drawn vehicles

Morris dancers at Thaxted in Essex perform on the village green

during their stay in London

First communication with the natives of Boothia Felix mb-height 2681 rose and thistleDepiction of the events of 9 January 1830, when John Ross 'saw four Esquimaux [Inuit] near a small iceberg Knowing that the word of salutation between meeting tribes was Tima tima, I hailed them in their own language, and was answered by a general shout of the same kind'. Plate facing p. 243 of the Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829 1833, by Sir John Ross