Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 243William Blackwood, 1938 - England |
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Page 123
... pilot did mistake one of them for a village , with dire results . No , navigation on the Yangtse was never monotonous to me , and just then it was apt to become wildly exciting . The previous autumn an anti - British boycott had been ...
... pilot did mistake one of them for a village , with dire results . No , navigation on the Yangtse was never monotonous to me , and just then it was apt to become wildly exciting . The previous autumn an anti - British boycott had been ...
Page 134
... pilot , the water of the lake flows when it first enters the creek , when a fierce , blinding rain squall struck us ... pilot's protest , ordered the engines to be moved astern to take the way off the ship , and anchored . Five min ...
... pilot , the water of the lake flows when it first enters the creek , when a fierce , blinding rain squall struck us ... pilot's protest , ordered the engines to be moved astern to take the way off the ship , and anchored . Five min ...
Page 135
... pilot's hands , but my confi- dence in him grew as he skilfully held to the deeper water of the very narrow channel ; though how he did it I could not tell , closely as I watched . Another rain squall came over and obscured the land . I ...
... pilot's hands , but my confi- dence in him grew as he skilfully held to the deeper water of the very narrow channel ; though how he did it I could not tell , closely as I watched . Another rain squall came over and obscured the land . I ...
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CONTENTS | 2 |
AN OLD DOGS DAY BY KOBOLD KNIGHT | 413 |
PORT AFTER STORMIE SEAS BY MARY GRANT BRUCE | 577 |
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