Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 286W. Blackwood, 1959 - England |
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Page 327
... ahead we came to a third river - we took it to be the Yeye one to be reckoned with in the rains but at that time a series of slimy pools crossed by a wide drift . There also the banks gave trouble ; for they were stony and deeply eroded ...
... ahead we came to a third river - we took it to be the Yeye one to be reckoned with in the rains but at that time a series of slimy pools crossed by a wide drift . There also the banks gave trouble ; for they were stony and deeply eroded ...
Page 476
... ahead had just vacated . The caterpillar of sweating , curs- ing men advanced slowly and jerkily . At intervals somebody would drop to his knees , the pent - up water sweeping him to the shoulders . The heavy boat grounded on a giant ...
... ahead had just vacated . The caterpillar of sweating , curs- ing men advanced slowly and jerkily . At intervals somebody would drop to his knees , the pent - up water sweeping him to the shoulders . The heavy boat grounded on a giant ...
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... ahead of me , . . ninety - eight , ninety - nine , one hundred . . . one hundred and one , two , three . . . . " I reached two hundred and still the painfully slow procession twisted upwards between the tree - trunks and over the ...
... ahead of me , . . ninety - eight , ninety - nine , one hundred . . . one hundred and one , two , three . . . . " I reached two hundred and still the painfully slow procession twisted upwards between the tree - trunks and over the ...
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ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER BY R R MONEY | 33 |
SOME GEORGE CROSS ISLANDERS BY J P MAURICE | 96 |
BWANAS MOON BY DAVID WILSON FLETCHER | 160 |
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