Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 17
... moved off , its order unaltered . A cocoa - nut palm was speedily found , and Mr Gale embarked upon a brief acrobatic display , which presently furnished them with a supply of solid and liquid refreshment , of which both our islanders ...
... moved off , its order unaltered . A cocoa - nut palm was speedily found , and Mr Gale embarked upon a brief acrobatic display , which presently furnished them with a supply of solid and liquid refreshment , of which both our islanders ...
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... moving with in- tention towards some definite spot . Vultures without any doubt , and on the track of meat . Smoothly sinking earthwards , they disappear among the trees a mile or so down river , and as they do so another and yet ...
... moving with in- tention towards some definite spot . Vultures without any doubt , and on the track of meat . Smoothly sinking earthwards , they disappear among the trees a mile or so down river , and as they do so another and yet ...
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... move . It takes a cer- tain amount of will power to force oneself out of the shade into the broiling sun again , and there is a heavy feeling in the air , telling of atmospheric press- ure , which does not conduce to energy . One ...
... move . It takes a cer- tain amount of will power to force oneself out of the shade into the broiling sun again , and there is a heavy feeling in the air , telling of atmospheric press- ure , which does not conduce to energy . One ...
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... moving through thick and trackless thorn - bush on a hot day . Now and then it may perhaps be possible to take temporary advantage of a game track , but made as these are usually , by impala and kudu , creatures which by pref- erence ...
... moving through thick and trackless thorn - bush on a hot day . Now and then it may perhaps be possible to take temporary advantage of a game track , but made as these are usually , by impala and kudu , creatures which by pref- erence ...
Page 42
... moving stealthily along the sand close under one of the banks . Here has gone a civet , and these curious hand - like ... move- ment . Only for a few mo- ments , however . Some older animal probably gives the cue , and in a twinkling all ...
... moving stealthily along the sand close under one of the banks . Here has gone a civet , and these curious hand - like ... move- ment . Only for a few mo- ments , however . Some older animal probably gives the cue , and in a twinkling all ...
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Abors asked Bannu Benny Beyrout Bias bird boat Bosenna Bowldler British called Captain Cai Captain Hunken carried Chor Church course CXCII.-NO Cyll Cyllene deck Dinah English eyes face Fancy feet French frigate Gale Government guns Gurkhas hand harbour head heard Hocken Home Rule honour House House of Lords Iphigenia knew lady land Leslie Gale letters live looked Lord Lord Kitchener Lordessa ma'am ment miles mind Miss Etherington Miss Fane morning Néréide never night Omar once Palmerston Parliament passed Perivale Philp port Port Louis Port Vendres prose rock round Sahib Satyrs seemed Seetaram ship side Sikh smile Snatty stag stared stood Straloch subahdar sure table d'hôte tell there's thing thought tion told took turned wind words Zattere