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... King River . Next morning he climbed three thousand feet up Mt. Owen , waited in vain for the mists to clear and returned when the clouds lifted on the following day . Seeing at a glance that the vale of Chamouni was the best gap ...
... King River . Next morning he climbed three thousand feet up Mt. Owen , waited in vain for the mists to clear and returned when the clouds lifted on the following day . Seeing at a glance that the vale of Chamouni was the best gap ...
Page 65
... King River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just ...
... King River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just ...
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... King River , the captains steered their ships across the shallow sand bar , past loaded lighters that sometimes grounded there , and up the deep , winding stream . With rich green forest rising up precipitous cliffs on both banks of the ...
... King River , the captains steered their ships across the shallow sand bar , past loaded lighters that sometimes grounded there , and up the deep , winding stream . With rich green forest rising up precipitous cliffs on both banks of the ...
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