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Page ix
... taken off . - Sees Tiger with it in his mouth.- Joy . - Rest three days . - Mountains . Country improves . Copious rain . - Old Man — PAGE 199 CHAPTER X. Plenty of food . - Yellow bean . - Rough ground . - Emus.— Fishing . - Natives ...
... taken off . - Sees Tiger with it in his mouth.- Joy . - Rest three days . - Mountains . Country improves . Copious rain . - Old Man — PAGE 199 CHAPTER X. Plenty of food . - Yellow bean . - Rough ground . - Emus.— Fishing . - Natives ...
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... taken from the shell called the Pinna , were quite black . Occasionally , as he stepped over a rough beach , during his excursions , he was amused with the Carrier Trochus , as it jumped over the obstacles in its way , gathering fresh ...
... taken from the shell called the Pinna , were quite black . Occasionally , as he stepped over a rough beach , during his excursions , he was amused with the Carrier Trochus , as it jumped over the obstacles in its way , gathering fresh ...
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... taken a grasp of twelve feet with their long arms . They were , however , too active to be caught , but stared with their cat - like eyes , and frequently and suddenly cast forth a thin , inky liquid from their necks , altogether being ...
... taken a grasp of twelve feet with their long arms . They were , however , too active to be caught , but stared with their cat - like eyes , and frequently and suddenly cast forth a thin , inky liquid from their necks , altogether being ...
Page 9
... taken to keep his shed cool , such as to cover its roof with boughs of trees , or grass , and frequently to sprinkle these with water . Then his master determined to go still further south , and he asked his chief navigator if he were ...
... taken to keep his shed cool , such as to cover its roof with boughs of trees , or grass , and frequently to sprinkle these with water . Then his master determined to go still further south , and he asked his chief navigator if he were ...
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... taken across a well- watered and fertile country , among trees thickly in- habited by monkeys , into a valley , round which some lofty mountains rose in majestic grandeur . Some enor- mous trees bordered it , and a village was scattered ...
... taken across a well- watered and fertile country , among trees thickly in- habited by monkeys , into a valley , round which some lofty mountains rose in majestic grandeur . Some enor- mous trees bordered it , and a village was scattered ...
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