Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 - England |
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Page 128
The sky above was barely discernible through the thick foliage of overhanging trees growing on the cliffs of the ravines through which we passed , and every so often we saw a long - house perched a hundred or more feet above the river .
The sky above was barely discernible through the thick foliage of overhanging trees growing on the cliffs of the ravines through which we passed , and every so often we saw a long - house perched a hundred or more feet above the river .
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After a while I noticed that a big buttress sticking out about thirty feet to my right had an invitingly flat top . It looked a pleasant sort of refuge , though every time I contemplated the smooth , almost vertical surface of the ...
After a while I noticed that a big buttress sticking out about thirty feet to my right had an invitingly flat top . It looked a pleasant sort of refuge , though every time I contemplated the smooth , almost vertical surface of the ...
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One mat is a standard six feet by three feet , and two mats make up one tsubo , which is the standard unit for the measurement of land area . " A quick mental calculation gave me the approximate size of a building which could take ...
One mat is a standard six feet by three feet , and two mats make up one tsubo , which is the standard unit for the measurement of land area . " A quick mental calculation gave me the approximate size of a building which could take ...
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Contents
A BIT OF A DUSTING BY W RUTHERFORD | 96 |
ACROSS THE WALL OF TEARS BY JOHN PEMBROKE | 288 |
MR CHIPLUNKAR | 384 |
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