Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 188W. Blackwood, 1910 - Scotland |
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... native could have told them ) that the site on which the Camp was built became a swamp in wet weather . They were then obliged , laboriously and and at great expense , to move their unsightly edifices to a differ- ent spot ; but ere ...
... native could have told them ) that the site on which the Camp was built became a swamp in wet weather . They were then obliged , laboriously and and at great expense , to move their unsightly edifices to a differ- ent spot ; but ere ...
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... natives with my importance , as all mandarins travel with a chair . got my Chinese visiting - cards , which are far grander and more imposing - looking than ours , being made of bright red paper cut into an oblong shape about nine ...
... natives with my importance , as all mandarins travel with a chair . got my Chinese visiting - cards , which are far grander and more imposing - looking than ours , being made of bright red paper cut into an oblong shape about nine ...
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... native matchlock is a wonderful weapon : the barrel is iron , and tapers towards the muzzle like the original choke- bore gun . The Chinese sports- man has his own system of loading this weapon , -simple , perhaps , but hardly to be reo ...
... native matchlock is a wonderful weapon : the barrel is iron , and tapers towards the muzzle like the original choke- bore gun . The Chinese sports- man has his own system of loading this weapon , -simple , perhaps , but hardly to be reo ...
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... native tribes proved friendly . Watty Fraser , coaxed from his shy- ness , played them " Clean Pease Straw " and " The Smith's a Gallant Fireman , " to show from what celestial heights Italian music had de- generated . " They havena the ...
... native tribes proved friendly . Watty Fraser , coaxed from his shy- ness , played them " Clean Pease Straw " and " The Smith's a Gallant Fireman , " to show from what celestial heights Italian music had de- generated . " They havena the ...
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... natives , and deposit your coolie - borne gear upon the toes of the wailing pas- sengers . There is cabin ac ... native brats , with hands awfully smeared with sticky sub- stances , will climb up your legs ; your boxes will be ...
... natives , and deposit your coolie - borne gear upon the toes of the wailing pas- sengers . There is cabin ac ... native brats , with hands awfully smeared with sticky sub- stances , will climb up your legs ; your boxes will be ...
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