Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 240William Blackwood, 1936 - England |
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Page 267
... hills rose steeply for thousands of feet , forest - clad to the tops . Here and there , at their base , a tiny patch of level ground between the hill and the river was cultivated and planted with millet . But on my side of the valley the ...
... hills rose steeply for thousands of feet , forest - clad to the tops . Here and there , at their base , a tiny patch of level ground between the hill and the river was cultivated and planted with millet . But on my side of the valley the ...
Page 381
... hills , and so over a wild pass and down by another lake to where a big cosmo- politan hotel stood above a hill - sheltered haven of the sea . This was Liinahamari . heart- heart Here the Arctic Highway peters out . Down along the fiord ...
... hills , and so over a wild pass and down by another lake to where a big cosmo- politan hotel stood above a hill - sheltered haven of the sea . This was Liinahamari . heart- heart Here the Arctic Highway peters out . Down along the fiord ...
Page 564
... hills themselves pro- gress was slow , for a way had to be found to avoid the tangled , impenetrable thickets of thorny scrub which cover much of the ground . Once on top of the ridge the toilsome climb was rewarded by a breeze , very ...
... hills themselves pro- gress was slow , for a way had to be found to avoid the tangled , impenetrable thickets of thorny scrub which cover much of the ground . Once on top of the ridge the toilsome climb was rewarded by a breeze , very ...
Contents
AN ASSAULT ON RUWENZORI | 140 |
VERSITY OF | 193 |
ACROSS THE THRESHOLD BY JAMES LORIMER | 230 |
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