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... animals that come about you of a night . " " Are you a soldier ? " I inquired . " I flatter myself I am . I am an officer of Engineers , and am here now surveying , and want all the information I can get about the forest ; so 14 THE ...
... animals that come about you of a night . " " Are you a soldier ? " I inquired . " I flatter myself I am . I am an officer of Engineers , and am here now surveying , and want all the information I can get about the forest ; so 14 THE ...
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... animals , of the forest teeming with strange creatures , and the air frequented by monstrous birds . Then he described a leopard - hunt in which he had taken part , and told me how one of the party THE WOOLWICH CADET . 15.
... animals , of the forest teeming with strange creatures , and the air frequented by monstrous birds . Then he described a leopard - hunt in which he had taken part , and told me how one of the party THE WOOLWICH CADET . 15.
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... animal ; and how , at last , it had been shot dead by a lucky shot . On his watch- chain were two of the claws of the ... animals , was to me like a dream . My new acquaintance was to me a hero ; and I was at once ready to follow his ...
... animal ; and how , at last , it had been shot dead by a lucky shot . On his watch- chain were two of the claws of the ... animals , was to me like a dream . My new acquaintance was to me a hero ; and I was at once ready to follow his ...
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... animals he had met , and which were then but little known in England . As for me , I was simply entranced , and even my father seemed to listen with delight to descriptions of savage life , of which he had previously only read . I felt ...
... animals he had met , and which were then but little known in England . As for me , I was simply entranced , and even my father seemed to listen with delight to descriptions of savage life , of which he had previously only read . I felt ...
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... officer make themselves felt in a regiment , and even beyond the mere limits of a regiment , for the effects of influence are untold . Man is to a great extent an imitative animal , and when young he is much THE WOOLWICH CADET . 233.
... officer make themselves felt in a regiment , and even beyond the mere limits of a regiment , for the effects of influence are untold . Man is to a great extent an imitative animal , and when young he is much THE WOOLWICH CADET . 233.
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