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Page 32
... coast - occasional groves of fine old tamarinds , fireplaces , Malay wells , iron boilers rotted in the sand , graves with Arabic letters fading . Sea - coast tribes from Darwin to Borro- loola are half Malayan , with broad shoulders ...
... coast - occasional groves of fine old tamarinds , fireplaces , Malay wells , iron boilers rotted in the sand , graves with Arabic letters fading . Sea - coast tribes from Darwin to Borro- loola are half Malayan , with broad shoulders ...
Page 42
... coast as a moth to a candle in a miracle of quick explorations . Lieutenant J. S. Roe is his surveyor , Allan Cunningham his botanist . An old friend of ours in the fo'c'sle is Bongaree of Broken Bay , am- bassador to the natives on ...
... coast as a moth to a candle in a miracle of quick explorations . Lieutenant J. S. Roe is his surveyor , Allan Cunningham his botanist . An old friend of ours in the fo'c'sle is Bongaree of Broken Bay , am- bassador to the natives on ...
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... coast bordering Bradshaw's Run . Where the cliffs were too steep and stony for horses , they climbed on foot , Dummy in the lead , perpetually smiling . . . in thirst by day and nigger- watch by night till trooper and trackers were ...
... coast bordering Bradshaw's Run . Where the cliffs were too steep and stony for horses , they climbed on foot , Dummy in the lead , perpetually smiling . . . in thirst by day and nigger- watch by night till trooper and trackers were ...
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Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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