In the summer of 1869, John Wesley Powell set out with ten companions and four boats A) __1 . on one of the greatest adventures of all time . Powell and his men planned to travel hundreds of miles through unknown parts of the western United States. Powell was a naturalist, explorer, and former army officer. Although his right arm had been amputated above the elbow B)__4. as a result of a war injury _ , he never turned away from danger. In August, after travelling through many canyons, the group reached the Grand Canyon. It often rained in torrents and cloudbursts. At midday the sun poured down C) _5. as if it would fry them down _ . More than half the party was without hats and not one of them had an entire suit of clothes. They sat up all night on the rocks, shivering, and were more exhausted by the night’s discomfort than by the day’s heat and toil. They guarded their precious flour supply D)_7. as if it had been sacks of gold _ , keeping it always in watertight compartments and dividing it equally among the four boats – so that if one of the boats cracked up only a fourth of it would be lost. Mile after mile, day after day, the vast gorge of the Colorado twisted on through the earth, E)__3. as if its waters would roar for eternity _ . They had seen a few ancient ruins, but no sign that any living Indians ever came down to the river. Suddenly, with their flour almost gone, they saw a sight F)_2 . they could scarcely believe _ . On the bank they found a garden planted with corn and squash.
Russian national suit is being used from ancient times and until present. it has notable features depending on region. can be festive or casual. distinctive feature of russian national suit - huge amount of clothes. clothes can be union and swing. suits of majors were made of expensive fabrics, with applications of gold, silver, pearls, costly buttons. such suits were passed by inheritance. style of the outfit haven't been changed by centuries. definition of fashion didn't exist. russian national suit became less popular when peter i in 1699 has forbidden wearing of russian national suit for everybody, except rednecks, monks, priests and lectors. base for a man's suit was a shirt or undershirt. over the shirt men put on zypun made of home cloth. base for the woman's suit was long shirt. shirts used to be decorated with fringes or embroidery, sometimes with pearls. married women should have necessarily cover their hair, thus they wore volosniks and povoyniks and binded their hair with shawls, and when leaving the house they put on ornated kiks or kokoshniks.
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