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... hills covered with green pasture , or clad with the bright- coloured forests of southern climes ; but far above us towered an iron - bound coast , dark , desolate , barren , precipitous , against which the long roll- ing swell of the ...
... hills covered with green pasture , or clad with the bright- coloured forests of southern climes ; but far above us towered an iron - bound coast , dark , desolate , barren , precipitous , against which the long roll- ing swell of the ...
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... hills , worth your riding after , if ye could drive them . There's a black stallion , a rogue with a mob of well - bred mares he has coaxed off from one or other of our stations . The deevil would be worth a hundred gouden guineas if ye ...
... hills , worth your riding after , if ye could drive them . There's a black stallion , a rogue with a mob of well - bred mares he has coaxed off from one or other of our stations . The deevil would be worth a hundred gouden guineas if ye ...
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... hill , in a style perfectly wonderful . The wretch was as fond of cattle or horse - hunting as his master , but at other times was always kicking , bucking , biting , and play- ing the devil , to the annoyance of every one except ...
... hill , in a style perfectly wonderful . The wretch was as fond of cattle or horse - hunting as his master , but at other times was always kicking , bucking , biting , and play- ing the devil , to the annoyance of every one except ...
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... hills and vales with and it was only the fallen gum - trees that made the dif- ference . With that we started , reached the running water , slid into it at one of the cattle runs , and rode up , splash , splash , in Indian file . There ...
... hills and vales with and it was only the fallen gum - trees that made the dif- ference . With that we started , reached the running water , slid into it at one of the cattle runs , and rode up , splash , splash , in Indian file . There ...
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... hill , to reappear almost immediately on a narrow path worn by wild cattle along the mountain side - a glorious , frightful sight . But we neither saw nor felt any danger . " Hold hard , and sit back , Armorer , " was all I heard from ...
... hill , to reappear almost immediately on a narrow path worn by wild cattle along the mountain side - a glorious , frightful sight . But we neither saw nor felt any danger . " Hold hard , and sit back , Armorer , " was all I heard from ...
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