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... tree and planted the British flag . There is a high hill about two and a half miles to the north - west . I wish it ... tree , butterfly leaves and scarlet pods , known in the Centre as Stuart's Bean Tree . In ordeal of thirst Kekwick ...
... tree and planted the British flag . There is a high hill about two and a half miles to the north - west . I wish it ... tree , butterfly leaves and scarlet pods , known in the Centre as Stuart's Bean Tree . In ordeal of thirst Kekwick ...
Page 77
... tree where he heard that sound . Now on the crest of the dune , aloof , an equestrian statue of himself on Polly , he was at journey's end , " greatly delighted to behold the water of the Indian Ocean in Van Diemen's Gulf before the ...
... tree where he heard that sound . Now on the crest of the dune , aloof , an equestrian statue of himself on Polly , he was at journey's end , " greatly delighted to behold the water of the Indian Ocean in Van Diemen's Gulf before the ...
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... tree grows all over the north , to about sixty feet high , with waxy yellow flowers and decorative pods a fluff of cotton . The wood , like South American balsa , is one of the lightest , and seldom eaten by white ants . With a little ...
... tree grows all over the north , to about sixty feet high , with waxy yellow flowers and decorative pods a fluff of cotton . The wood , like South American balsa , is one of the lightest , and seldom eaten by white ants . With a little ...
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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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