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The whole top deck was a packed mass of men through which it was almost impossible to force a way . Men in rags , men with a week's beard , men with their clothing stained with the mud of Thermopyla and the Corinth Canal .
The whole top deck was a packed mass of men through which it was almost impossible to force a way . Men in rags , men with a week's beard , men with their clothing stained with the mud of Thermopyla and the Corinth Canal .
Page 187
For it must be plain from the whole story that the pilot acted throughout with coolness and deliberation quite admirable . Indeed , it must be plain that the whole crew carried out their duties all through the perilous ordeal with a ...
For it must be plain from the whole story that the pilot acted throughout with coolness and deliberation quite admirable . Indeed , it must be plain that the whole crew carried out their duties all through the perilous ordeal with a ...
Page 213
... in a dead straight line along the wooded ridge of the North Downs to within a mile of our destination . I was equipped with a set of 2 inches to the mile maps for the whole route - a luxury I have never enjoyed before or since - but ...
... in a dead straight line along the wooded ridge of the North Downs to within a mile of our destination . I was equipped with a set of 2 inches to the mile maps for the whole route - a luxury I have never enjoyed before or since - but ...
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