Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241William Blackwood, 1937 - England |
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Page 124
... river took full possession of us . The crew , two swarthy Dongola lads , had gone forward and were squat ting in the bows , conversing in undertones in their northern dialect . Idly we watched the sandbanks glide slowly astern , dense ...
... river took full possession of us . The crew , two swarthy Dongola lads , had gone forward and were squat ting in the bows , conversing in undertones in their northern dialect . Idly we watched the sandbanks glide slowly astern , dense ...
Page 237
... river - bed with quantities of valuable plant . Only twenty- one weeks now before a muddy torrent would sweep through the gorge and in a single night fill it from side to side with a tumbling roaring flood against which nothing could ...
... river - bed with quantities of valuable plant . Only twenty- one weeks now before a muddy torrent would sweep through the gorge and in a single night fill it from side to side with a tumbling roaring flood against which nothing could ...
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... river . In so far as was possible the Grand Canal was sensibly routed to follow the beds of existing rivers and lakes . Where necessary to connect river systems , artificial channels were dug . There are few places where there is not a ...
... river . In so far as was possible the Grand Canal was sensibly routed to follow the beds of existing rivers and lakes . Where necessary to connect river systems , artificial channels were dug . There are few places where there is not a ...
Contents
R E | 93 |
A FORGOTTEN INVASION BY REGINALD HARGREAVES | 249 |
A MATTER OF HISTORY BY THOMAS H RADDALL | 575 |
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