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Page 46
... discovered that I was not only mad but incapable of ordinary speech they must have decided to take me back with them as an exhibit , for I was seized , not too roughly , and bundled back to the long canoe , where a couple of them sat ...
... discovered that I was not only mad but incapable of ordinary speech they must have decided to take me back with them as an exhibit , for I was seized , not too roughly , and bundled back to the long canoe , where a couple of them sat ...
Page 187
... to be somewhat trying , I now discovered , but in that sort of situation I could only make the best of it ! We worked hard , knee - deep in the muddy water all next day , going from point to point taking OUT OF LUCK 187.
... to be somewhat trying , I now discovered , but in that sort of situation I could only make the best of it ! We worked hard , knee - deep in the muddy water all next day , going from point to point taking OUT OF LUCK 187.
Page 198
... discovered our our mutual land of origin ( he had been born in the slums of Sydney ) he more or less assumed the rôle of my guide , philosopher and friend . He had been in Singapore and various other parts of the F.M.S. for many years ...
... discovered our our mutual land of origin ( he had been born in the slums of Sydney ) he more or less assumed the rôle of my guide , philosopher and friend . He had been in Singapore and various other parts of the F.M.S. for many years ...
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