Lost in Ceylon: The Story of a Boy and Girl's Adventures in the Woods and the Wilds of the Lion King of Kandy |
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... morning of the day they were to have arrived , the agent sent a message telling us that they would come on board early the following morning . " For , look you , Cap'n , " said he to my father , " to - morrow is Friday , and no good ...
... morning of the day they were to have arrived , the agent sent a message telling us that they would come on board early the following morning . " For , look you , Cap'n , " said he to my father , " to - morrow is Friday , and no good ...
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... morning , when our captive was arraigned before my father , I could not help laughing at the pertinacity with which he insisted upon his being a white boy and a ' ropean ( Euro- pean ) . In height he was a little more than four feet ...
... morning , when our captive was arraigned before my father , I could not help laughing at the pertinacity with which he insisted upon his being a white boy and a ' ropean ( Euro- pean ) . In height he was a little more than four feet ...
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... morning , and pro- ceeding a short distance into the woods , they found themselves suddenly surrounded by the natives , who then secured their arms and legs with ropes of cocoa - nut fibre , and brought them upon their backs to the ...
... morning , and pro- ceeding a short distance into the woods , they found themselves suddenly surrounded by the natives , who then secured their arms and legs with ropes of cocoa - nut fibre , and brought them upon their backs to the ...
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... morning Fosforus conducted us to a native whom , he said , the General had ordered to lead me through the woods to the sea - side ; and , further , that his Excel- lency had given permission for Bob to accompany me . As for my father ...
... morning Fosforus conducted us to a native whom , he said , the General had ordered to lead me through the woods to the sea - side ; and , further , that his Excel- lency had given permission for Bob to accompany me . As for my father ...
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... morning meal , the seeds of the tree . " ' Es , sar ; good for eat , " said the boy ; and before I could reply he had snatched up my rifle . There was a chattering and screaming as the little animals , with their young ones in arms and ...
... morning meal , the seeds of the tree . " ' Es , sar ; good for eat , " said the boy ; and before I could reply he had snatched up my rifle . There was a chattering and screaming as the little animals , with their young ones in arms and ...
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Page 406 - The price, on the spot, is about three shillings and ninepence for 1000, and "this quantity, he says, " can be easily collected by two men during one ebb tide." 5 Halicnrt Diu/mii/. of the mother while suckling her young, holding it to her breast with one flipper, while swimming with the other, holding the heads of both above water, and when disturbed, suddenly diving and displaying her fish-like tail, — these, together with her habitual demonstrations of strong maternal affection, probably gave...