Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 189
... land . It was land , the first bit of dry earth they had seen since the blazing plane took its plunge fifty - odd hours before . They tried , of course , not to become too excited about it , not to let their hopes from it mount too high ...
... land . It was land , the first bit of dry earth they had seen since the blazing plane took its plunge fifty - odd hours before . They tried , of course , not to become too excited about it , not to let their hopes from it mount too high ...
Page 199
... land on this shore a people who wear red garments , who do no work , who neither buy nor sell , and who always have arms in their hands , then beware that these are a people called soldiers , a dangerous people , whose only occupation ...
... land on this shore a people who wear red garments , who do no work , who neither buy nor sell , and who always have arms in their hands , then beware that these are a people called soldiers , a dangerous people , whose only occupation ...
Page 203
... land behind is flat for a short distance inland and then rises into a low ridge of hills which surround the bay . To the north is Flagstaff Hill , 300 feet high , and to the south is another low hill , the two hills projecting like ...
... land behind is flat for a short distance inland and then rises into a low ridge of hills which surround the bay . To the north is Flagstaff Hill , 300 feet high , and to the south is another low hill , the two hills projecting like ...
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