Ability to live and travel through the wilderness with a minimum of equipment and assistance

Ragionamento sopra il fatto avvenuto in Bergemoletto : in cui tre donne, sepolte fra le rovine della stalla per la caduta d'una gran mole di neve, sono state trovate vive dopo trentasette giorni / [Ignazio Somis].

The extraordinary case of Joseph Lockier : who was struck by lightning, and existed three weeks in a wood near Bath, on water only! / [Joseph Lockier and Thomas Creaser].

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Ragionamento sopra il fatto avvenuto in Bergemoletto : in cui tre donne, sepolte fra le rovine della stalla per la caduta d'una gran mole di neve, sono state trovate vive dopo trentasette giorni / [Ignazio Somis].

The extraordinary case of Joseph Lockier : who was struck by lightning, and existed three weeks in a wood near Bath, on water only! / [Joseph Lockier and Thomas Creaser].