Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 306William Blackwood, 1969 - England |
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Page 267
... reached a sharp bend in the valley , and beyond this we entered a vast basin , bounded on the east by a chain of small peaks . Michael and I climbed one of them , reaching the summit , 18,600 feet , at five o'clock that evening . As we ...
... reached a sharp bend in the valley , and beyond this we entered a vast basin , bounded on the east by a chain of small peaks . Michael and I climbed one of them , reaching the summit , 18,600 feet , at five o'clock that evening . As we ...
Page 268
... reached the saddle . An hour and a half later , after descending an easy ice - fall , we reached the glacier beyond . There we sank to our knees in a powdery snow which , with our loads , made slow going . At four o'clock we were ...
... reached the saddle . An hour and a half later , after descending an easy ice - fall , we reached the glacier beyond . There we sank to our knees in a powdery snow which , with our loads , made slow going . At four o'clock we were ...
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... reached it from the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north . Certainly the sea which laps its eastern borders both freshened and decor- ated it . Some twenty years ago , though the oil was already being shipped away , the sea was not yet ...
... reached it from the Tigris and the Euphrates to the north . Certainly the sea which laps its eastern borders both freshened and decor- ated it . Some twenty years ago , though the oil was already being shipped away , the sea was not yet ...
Contents
AIR COMBAT BY FLIGHTLIEUTENANT JOHN IVELAWCHAPMAN | 109 |
THE COAL WAS THERE FOR BURNING BY C H MILSOM | 128 |
THE GOLDFINCH ERA BY T G NESTOR | 169 |
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