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... guy - ropes were tightened or fifty feet above where we were slackened with cunning skill . now covering the sandy flats Inch by inch the huge girder of the river - bed with quantities was moved to its appointed of valuable plant .
... guy - ropes were tightened or fifty feet above where we were slackened with cunning skill . now covering the sandy flats Inch by inch the huge girder of the river - bed with quantities was moved to its appointed of valuable plant .
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I am actual bed of the river , far touching it ! ” below water - level outside , In a second I was beside him , and to know that all round and we scampered up pursued us , held back only by the by the rushing waters .
I am actual bed of the river , far touching it ! ” below water - level outside , In a second I was beside him , and to know that all round and we scampered up pursued us , held back only by the by the rushing waters .
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It was hot enough the river , and flung the squeal- outside in the blazing sun , but ing man into a deep pool . inside the caisson it became “ Food for crocodiles ! That unbearable . I had not foreis all you are fit for , ” he seen this ...
It was hot enough the river , and flung the squeal- outside in the blazing sun , but ing man into a deep pool . inside the caisson it became “ Food for crocodiles ! That unbearable . I had not foreis all you are fit for , ” he seen this ...
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