Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241William Blackwood, 1937 - England |
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... bank - a log grey with age and immersion - came to life . It stirred , twisted round with incredible swiftness , slithered through the mud and dived with a great swirl . It was a erocodile . " I can swim , but I won't . " Captain Hirst ...
... bank - a log grey with age and immersion - came to life . It stirred , twisted round with incredible swiftness , slithered through the mud and dived with a great swirl . It was a erocodile . " I can swim , but I won't . " Captain Hirst ...
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... banks . Beyond rose the steep eastern bank , clothed from head to foot in a rich cloak of vegetation , pale emerald where the latest sowing clung to the skirt of the receding water , spreading upwards through gradations of green to the ...
... banks . Beyond rose the steep eastern bank , clothed from head to foot in a rich cloak of vegetation , pale emerald where the latest sowing clung to the skirt of the receding water , spreading upwards through gradations of green to the ...
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... bank , and with a sidewise wriggle splashed into the river . Wounded : of that the Africans were sure . But that is not the way to shoot Mungona to the death . Amwasi , urbane , English- speaking , my guest at break- fast , arrived in ...
... bank , and with a sidewise wriggle splashed into the river . Wounded : of that the Africans were sure . But that is not the way to shoot Mungona to the death . Amwasi , urbane , English- speaking , my guest at break- fast , arrived in ...
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R E | 93 |
A FORGOTTEN INVASION BY REGINALD HARGREAVES | 249 |
A MATTER OF HISTORY BY THOMAS H RADDALL | 575 |
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