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Page 63
... sand . Thirty miles deep in the Simpson Desert that still is no man's land , Sturt found his phantom sea , a petrified ocean of yellow combers a hundred feet high and a mile apart for five hundred miles— “ the sand - ridges in ...
... sand . Thirty miles deep in the Simpson Desert that still is no man's land , Sturt found his phantom sea , a petrified ocean of yellow combers a hundred feet high and a mile apart for five hundred miles— “ the sand - ridges in ...
Page 65
... sand - dunes of that spectral sea . From its false pools of salt they travelled each trail three times , taking the horses back to the last water , then blindly on for the next till the thirsting animals found for themselves the blessed ...
... sand - dunes of that spectral sea . From its false pools of salt they travelled each trail three times , taking the horses back to the last water , then blindly on for the next till the thirsting animals found for themselves the blessed ...
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... sand a long chain of shady waterholes with many fires and human tracks . They met blacks carrying spinifex nets and fish . Grid of stones was silver - veiled with salt - bush , a lush green feed for the horses . " Australia's wells are ...
... sand a long chain of shady waterholes with many fires and human tracks . They met blacks carrying spinifex nets and fish . Grid of stones was silver - veiled with salt - bush , a lush green feed for the horses . " Australia's wells are ...
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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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