Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 289W. Blackwood, 1961 - England |
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Them houses must have been seven feet high , at least , so that when they came to cut out her sails , the lower booms and the foot of the sails had to be not less than about nine feet up the masts , to clear the tops of the houses .
Them houses must have been seven feet high , at least , so that when they came to cut out her sails , the lower booms and the foot of the sails had to be not less than about nine feet up the masts , to clear the tops of the houses .
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We drove to a low headland twenty or thirty feet above the sea . Below , through a sandy beach , the river had its outlet . Directly off the river mouth , perhaps three hundred yards out , two rocks , or two protrusions of the one rock ...
We drove to a low headland twenty or thirty feet above the sea . Below , through a sandy beach , the river had its outlet . Directly off the river mouth , perhaps three hundred yards out , two rocks , or two protrusions of the one rock ...
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Down the first wall descends of the Matterhorn South Face . a fixed rope ; and with the left hand Leading downwards off the Pic gripping the rope and the right hand Tyndall was that riven and tormented and both feet taking the holds ...
Down the first wall descends of the Matterhorn South Face . a fixed rope ; and with the left hand Leading downwards off the Pic gripping the rope and the right hand Tyndall was that riven and tormented and both feet taking the holds ...
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Contents
JANUARY 1961 | 1 |
GATEWAY TO SWEET WATER | 13 |
VICTORY AT ECUM SECUM | 27 |
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 289 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | W. Blackwood, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Nov 2009 |
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