Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 298William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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They flew round and round the rock like a multitude of Red Indians riding round an ambushed stage - coach , and some of the more daring blackbacked gulls made threatening darts at me , veering away only at the last moment .
They flew round and round the rock like a multitude of Red Indians riding round an ambushed stage - coach , and some of the more daring blackbacked gulls made threatening darts at me , veering away only at the last moment .
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There are villages all the way up to the near - summit , and to serve them all is an alarming system of zig - zags , continuously upward and often round deep gorges . Both arms of each hairpin bend are at terrifying gradients , and that ...
There are villages all the way up to the near - summit , and to serve them all is an alarming system of zig - zags , continuously upward and often round deep gorges . Both arms of each hairpin bend are at terrifying gradients , and that ...
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I wondered whether the Tokositna River would have the decency to carry us round these obstacles , like air flowing round an aircraft wing , or whether it would hurl us incontinently to destruction . The answer was not long in coming .
I wondered whether the Tokositna River would have the decency to carry us round these obstacles , like air flowing round an aircraft wing , or whether it would hurl us incontinently to destruction . The answer was not long in coming .
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Contents
CALI | 68 |
AN AFRICAN SCHLOSS BY MEG HOYTE | 96 |
AN ATLAS BLIZZARD BY HAMISH M BROWN | 192 |
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