Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 276William Blackwood, 1954 - England |
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When making our applications , I had carefully explained that we wished to visit the Kachin State , and thence travel to within thirty - five miles ( as measured on the map ) of the China frontier . This was probably a mistake .
When making our applications , I had carefully explained that we wished to visit the Kachin State , and thence travel to within thirty - five miles ( as measured on the map ) of the China frontier . This was probably a mistake .
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At 130 miles we came into Pine Creek , once a boom goldmine town , but now decayed and unsightly . Aborigines , half - castes , one or two Chinese , and some whites supported the verandah of Toy's General Store .
At 130 miles we came into Pine Creek , once a boom goldmine town , but now decayed and unsightly . Aborigines , half - castes , one or two Chinese , and some whites supported the verandah of Toy's General Store .
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Like the rivers of Central Australia that meander towards Lake Eyre , but peter out before reaching it , the Northern - Territory railway straggles 345 miles southward from Darwin and finally gives up its journey at Birdum .
Like the rivers of Central Australia that meander towards Lake Eyre , but peter out before reaching it , the Northern - Territory railway straggles 345 miles southward from Darwin and finally gives up its journey at Birdum .
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GEORGE OFF THE BEATEN TRACK | 50 |
CALIFORNIA HERE I COME By R | 60 |
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