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Page 48
... side . Now there was a swell from the Atlantic Ocean and a choppy sea from the north - east , so that it was no easy task to load the guns from over the side , and few were willing to try ; but in order that the strangers might not ...
... side . Now there was a swell from the Atlantic Ocean and a choppy sea from the north - east , so that it was no easy task to load the guns from over the side , and few were willing to try ; but in order that the strangers might not ...
Page 110
... side , within the walls , were other small apartments and the building where we slept . On the eastern side , within the walls , stood the large stone - built kitchen and a walled well out of which water was drawn for cooking all our ...
... side , within the walls , were other small apartments and the building where we slept . On the eastern side , within the walls , stood the large stone - built kitchen and a walled well out of which water was drawn for cooking all our ...
Page 230
... side and on the opposite side of the estuary . It seemed to us a most excellent pleasant place , and a fair countryside wherever one looked . Ireland is a good , fertile and fair land of corn and cattle , so that at that time seventeen ...
... side and on the opposite side of the estuary . It seemed to us a most excellent pleasant place , and a fair countryside wherever one looked . Ireland is a good , fertile and fair land of corn and cattle , so that at that time seventeen ...
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A waterspout and mirage Crossing the Line | 56 |
Penguin Island Birds beasts and fish at the Cape | 64 |
Hottentots Description of Africa The Chris | 78 |
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