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... rain is so awful at this moment that as I write alone in my room I could almost feel nervous . The roar of the wind is quite stunning and the estuary is entirely concealed by the floods of rain . How thankful I feel that we are under ...
... rain is so awful at this moment that as I write alone in my room I could almost feel nervous . The roar of the wind is quite stunning and the estuary is entirely concealed by the floods of rain . How thankful I feel that we are under ...
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... rain but we thought that it was going to be fine so we packed up and yoked up and just as we had everything ready for starting down came the rain again so we waited a bit to see if it cleared up but it did not look like clearing up a ...
... rain but we thought that it was going to be fine so we packed up and yoked up and just as we had everything ready for starting down came the rain again so we waited a bit to see if it cleared up but it did not look like clearing up a ...
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... rain sometimes soaking our pillows , or ice on water , and piano & c exposed to rain , our clothes all mouldy . We cannot change those we have on either for the water is full of toads , and our clean clothes are mouldy in boxes . I ...
... rain sometimes soaking our pillows , or ice on water , and piano & c exposed to rain , our clothes all mouldy . We cannot change those we have on either for the water is full of toads , and our clean clothes are mouldy in boxes . I ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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