Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 236William Blackwood, 1934 - England |
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Page 529
... haboob has roared night and day over T. There were only two of us in the station . P. , the Inspec- tor of ... haboobs are over , ending as suddenly as they had begun three months before . The monotony of the last few weeks , even more ...
... haboob has roared night and day over T. There were only two of us in the station . P. , the Inspec- tor of ... haboobs are over , ending as suddenly as they had begun three months before . The monotony of the last few weeks , even more ...
Page 531
... haboob has spent itself . With the end of the haboob comes the last of the floods , for they are closely connected . The deep gap in the hills is the safety valve for the thunderstorms away up in the Abyssinian highlands . Down it comes ...
... haboob has spent itself . With the end of the haboob comes the last of the floods , for they are closely connected . The deep gap in the hills is the safety valve for the thunderstorms away up in the Abyssinian highlands . Down it comes ...
Page 532
... haboob's younger brother , will sweep over the delta from the north- east . He , too , is an unpleasant fellow . Like the haboob , he blows for three months , but only for twelve hours out of the twenty - four . At night , praise Allah ...
... haboob's younger brother , will sweep over the delta from the north- east . He , too , is an unpleasant fellow . Like the haboob , he blows for three months , but only for twelve hours out of the twenty - four . At night , praise Allah ...
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MAGAS LOGcontd | 140 |
A BRUSH WITH MANCHURIAN BANDITS BY CAPTAIN J V | 302 |
A BOTANIST ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN BY SIR ARTHUR W HILL | 649 |
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