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... horse - shoe is nailed to keep off witches . September 9. - A day like the last : winds still adverse . Over- heard the sailors talking and swearing about the black kitten . They were busy prophesying fresh calamities . September 10 ...
... horse - shoe is nailed to keep off witches . September 9. - A day like the last : winds still adverse . Over- heard the sailors talking and swearing about the black kitten . They were busy prophesying fresh calamities . September 10 ...
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... horses and cattle look out from clearings in the woods , here and there ; there are gardens , too , and trees loaded with fruit . Nearer to the river corn - fields , partly reaped , and standing corn , are observed ; there are also - we ...
... horses and cattle look out from clearings in the woods , here and there ; there are gardens , too , and trees loaded with fruit . Nearer to the river corn - fields , partly reaped , and standing corn , are observed ; there are also - we ...
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... horses , consequently , are only bred for the saddle , racing , & c . ; very fine boned and light . March 17. - We are in the condition of Sterne's starling , “ We can't get out . " Nine months out of the twelve the wind blows up the ...
... horses , consequently , are only bred for the saddle , racing , & c . ; very fine boned and light . March 17. - We are in the condition of Sterne's starling , “ We can't get out . " Nine months out of the twelve the wind blows up the ...
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... horse and dray , considered it poor work to get only six pounds per week . Our weather - boarded cottage had been prepared by my nephew in Melbourne , ready for putting up on the farm , when we could get it conveyed there . To engage a ...
... horse and dray , considered it poor work to get only six pounds per week . Our weather - boarded cottage had been prepared by my nephew in Melbourne , ready for putting up on the farm , when we could get it conveyed there . To engage a ...
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... horses , full of blood and in highest condition , fleet and beautiful coursers were they , and the sight of them did our hearts good . Although we were toiling , it was with hope , and it was good that there seemed so much enjoyment in ...
... horses , full of blood and in highest condition , fleet and beautiful coursers were they , and the sight of them did our hearts good . Although we were toiling , it was with hope , and it was good that there seemed so much enjoyment in ...
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