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... diggings in 1851 , some aspiring gold - seekers were unable to adapt themselves to the experience of being ... diggings . Here are no conventionalities ; no touching of hats . Men meet on apparently equal terms ; and he who enjoyed the ...
... diggings in 1851 , some aspiring gold - seekers were unable to adapt themselves to the experience of being ... diggings . Here are no conventionalities ; no touching of hats . Men meet on apparently equal terms ; and he who enjoyed the ...
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... diggings , that I do not imagine could be surpassed by the most hardened adults on Norfolk Island , and this does not rest with boys alone , but little girls from eight to ten years of age .. Although some observers were impressed with ...
... diggings , that I do not imagine could be surpassed by the most hardened adults on Norfolk Island , and this does not rest with boys alone , but little girls from eight to ten years of age .. Although some observers were impressed with ...
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... diggings where there were no Chinese , muddied water was accepted without question as an inevitable by - product of cradling operations.49 Old hands were no doubt second to none in attribut- ing to the Chinese monstrous and unnatural ...
... diggings where there were no Chinese , muddied water was accepted without question as an inevitable by - product of cradling operations.49 Old hands were no doubt second to none in attribut- ing to the Chinese monstrous and unnatural ...
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THE LEGEND AND THE TASK | 1 |
THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 14 |
CELTS AND CURRENCY | 43 |
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