Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 33
... half a mile from the shore , like a misty sea - wraith , floated a great white yacht , drifting to an anchorage . Even as they gazed there was a luminous splash , and the cable rattled out . They were taken home next day on board the ...
... half a mile from the shore , like a misty sea - wraith , floated a great white yacht , drifting to an anchorage . Even as they gazed there was a luminous splash , and the cable rattled out . They were taken home next day on board the ...
Page 37
... half the anxiety connected with bush - hunting . Any moment may bring us on terms with our quarry , and we step briskly forward , filled with the optimism born of physical freshness and the apparent smiles of fortune . And now to ...
... half the anxiety connected with bush - hunting . Any moment may bring us on terms with our quarry , and we step briskly forward , filled with the optimism born of physical freshness and the apparent smiles of fortune . And now to ...
Page 40
... half an hour passes , and then both return with dejected mien to report that all signs of the tracks have been lost . They sit down , and , refraining from from suggestion , elaborately inhale snuff . For some time we have been taking ...
... half an hour passes , and then both return with dejected mien to report that all signs of the tracks have been lost . They sit down , and , refraining from from suggestion , elaborately inhale snuff . For some time we have been taking ...
Page 42
... half bark , half growl , comes from the middle of a big patch of reeds forty yards away . Instantly following , a large dark form springs out on to the sand , and as it stands rigid for a moment , a bullet rolls it over . At the crack ...
... half bark , half growl , comes from the middle of a big patch of reeds forty yards away . Instantly following , a large dark form springs out on to the sand , and as it stands rigid for a moment , a bullet rolls it over . At the crack ...
Page 46
... half a mile come on the wounded beast standing under a thick bush . Half a dozen others are about thirty yards farther on . By dint of a little careful creeping under cover we manage to get near enough unobserved for a long shot , and ...
... half a mile come on the wounded beast standing under a thick bush . Half a dozen others are about thirty yards farther on . By dint of a little careful creeping under cover we manage to get near enough unobserved for a long shot , and ...
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