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... told was used by most of the Torres Straits pearlers as their base . What we found there certainly baffles description . The population must have contained every race under the sun and every shade of complexion all the way from white to ...
... told was used by most of the Torres Straits pearlers as their base . What we found there certainly baffles description . The population must have contained every race under the sun and every shade of complexion all the way from white to ...
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... told me that , in the course of a cruise in the shark - infested waters around Thursday Island , his cook , a Chinaman , had fallen in and was promptly seized and eaten by these brutes . But the loss of the cook was far outweighed by ...
... told me that , in the course of a cruise in the shark - infested waters around Thursday Island , his cook , a Chinaman , had fallen in and was promptly seized and eaten by these brutes . But the loss of the cook was far outweighed by ...
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... told me about . I didn't find him immediately , but something just as good . He had been retired for some years , I was told , and my inquiry for his address was received with a smile which I didn't at that time understand . They gave ...
... told me about . I didn't find him immediately , but something just as good . He had been retired for some years , I was told , and my inquiry for his address was received with a smile which I didn't at that time understand . They gave ...
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