Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 240William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 43
... brought head to tide . The anchor splashed , the cable rattled out through the hawse- pipe , raising echoes round the lower part of the waking harbour . " Give her the fifteen fathom shackle well in the water ; that'll hold her ...
... brought head to tide . The anchor splashed , the cable rattled out through the hawse- pipe , raising echoes round the lower part of the waking harbour . " Give her the fifteen fathom shackle well in the water ; that'll hold her ...
Page 268
... brought in many small luxuries from the outer world . Bridges of wire rope had largely replaced the rotten old jhulas such as had lost my Tibetan friend nine- tenths of his convoy of sheep and borax . The revenue was many times what it ...
... brought in many small luxuries from the outer world . Bridges of wire rope had largely replaced the rotten old jhulas such as had lost my Tibetan friend nine- tenths of his convoy of sheep and borax . The revenue was many times what it ...
Page 271
... brought us to the highest grazing grounds of the Lachúng people , where the village yaks lived and fed during the summer months , roaming free and unguarded over the alpine pastures , for there were neither thieves nor tigers to be ...
... brought us to the highest grazing grounds of the Lachúng people , where the village yaks lived and fed during the summer months , roaming free and unguarded over the alpine pastures , for there were neither thieves nor tigers to be ...
Contents
AN ASSAULT ON RUWENZORI | 140 |
VERSITY OF | 193 |
ACROSS THE THRESHOLD BY JAMES LORIMER | 230 |
Copyright | |
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