Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 246William Blackwood, 1939 - England |
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Page 276
... reached the top I had to call a halt for a few minutes , just to look . It was a golden day in the early rains . The leaves of the trees had not yet dimmed to the dull green of summer . They were gold and orange and jade . Over a ...
... reached the top I had to call a halt for a few minutes , just to look . It was a golden day in the early rains . The leaves of the trees had not yet dimmed to the dull green of summer . They were gold and orange and jade . Over a ...
Page 379
... reached Kawambwa , a boma not more than thirty miles from Lake Mweru . The first thing I noticed when calling on the Commissioner was a magnificent pair of tusks on the office floor , obviously from a beast freshly killed . The village ...
... reached Kawambwa , a boma not more than thirty miles from Lake Mweru . The first thing I noticed when calling on the Commissioner was a magnificent pair of tusks on the office floor , obviously from a beast freshly killed . The village ...
Page 385
... reached a wide back- We water that he had crossed . As we approached it several large crocodiles scuttled into the water , and so I gave it up , and lost the biggest elephant I ever saw . But for those rotten cartridges I think he would ...
... reached a wide back- We water that he had crossed . As we approached it several large crocodiles scuttled into the water , and so I gave it up , and lost the biggest elephant I ever saw . But for those rotten cartridges I think he would ...
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