Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 300W. Blackwood, 1966 - England |
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Page 154
The fringing forest , now reduced to a narrow strip by random farming , had once been dense enough to harbour Red River hog , but mounted infantry , stationed there during the war , had ' pig - stuck ' them out .
The fringing forest , now reduced to a narrow strip by random farming , had once been dense enough to harbour Red River hog , but mounted infantry , stationed there during the war , had ' pig - stuck ' them out .
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His last native had deserted him because he had no money left , and he had had to abandon his wagon with a broken wheel twenty miles north of the river . He was heading for the mission at Pella , but had neither map nor compass .
His last native had deserted him because he had no money left , and he had had to abandon his wagon with a broken wheel twenty miles north of the river . He was heading for the mission at Pella , but had neither map nor compass .
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Only five minutes after passing Chipiona for the second time , and only half a mile up - river , at Bonanza , we stopped to put the sea pilot down and take the river pilot on . The latter amusedly told us he had been watching us ...
Only five minutes after passing Chipiona for the second time , and only half a mile up - river , at Bonanza , we stopped to put the sea pilot down and take the river pilot on . The latter amusedly told us he had been watching us ...
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Contents
A BADELYNG OF DUCKS BY EPOPEUS | 96 |
THE OTHER SIDE BY JOHN GUTHRIE | 288 |
A DESOLATE COW COUNTRY BY GEORGE ALMOND | 384 |
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