Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241, Issue 1456William Blackwood, 1937 |
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Page 232
... rock on which the piers were to be built was simply not there ! Instead , there was a deep rift going You see this line which Gurum- pur State is constructing. Nine months ! It is a long time when one is young . The Chief was watching me ...
... rock on which the piers were to be built was simply not there ! Instead , there was a deep rift going You see this line which Gurum- pur State is constructing. Nine months ! It is a long time when one is young . The Chief was watching me ...
Page 240
... rock showing through it . I ex- amined such of the rock as could be seen with much interest ; for it would be our task to smash this rock away and lower the caisson step by step until it rested on a level bed of rock . I had armed ...
... rock showing through it . I ex- amined such of the rock as could be seen with much interest ; for it would be our task to smash this rock away and lower the caisson step by step until it rested on a level bed of rock . I had armed ...
Page 242
... rock , while I probed with growing anxiety for the appearance of a level bed at a reasonable depth . " Pema , the charge has mis- those jabbering fools. Six weeks ! Soon it would be May , and still the uneven rock persisted . We seemed ...
... rock , while I probed with growing anxiety for the appearance of a level bed at a reasonable depth . " Pema , the charge has mis- those jabbering fools. Six weeks ! Soon it would be May , and still the uneven rock persisted . We seemed ...
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