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... t know then where them pirates meant to take the Hooghly to . Their officers only let it out last night over their drink . They were to make the mouth of Death of Fennings . 45 the Congo river , where 44 Hair - breadth Escapes .
... t know then where them pirates meant to take the Hooghly to . Their officers only let it out last night over their drink . They were to make the mouth of Death of Fennings . 45 the Congo river , where 44 Hair - breadth Escapes .
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... river , where they've one of their settlements , or whatever they call them . Now , that happens to be just the point you'd be running for , and they'd be pretty sure to overhaul you before you reached it . You'd better now try to reach ...
... river , where they've one of their settlements , or whatever they call them . Now , that happens to be just the point you'd be running for , and they'd be pretty sure to overhaul you before you reached it . You'd better now try to reach ...
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... river , the waters of which rippled brightly in the sunshine , and upon its banks long lines of infantry were drawn up , or what appeared to be infantry , all standing silent and motionless as so many statues . The two boys gazed in the ...
... river , the waters of which rippled brightly in the sunshine , and upon its banks long lines of infantry were drawn up , or what appeared to be infantry , all standing silent and motionless as so many statues . The two boys gazed in the ...
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... rivers to interfere with us . " " There are " You're right , Ernest , " rejoined Lavie . nothing but small bays all the way , and until we reached the mouth of the Gariep , there would be no rivers to interfere with us . " " And when we ...
... rivers to interfere with us . " " There are " You're right , Ernest , " rejoined Lavie . nothing but small bays all the way , and until we reached the mouth of the Gariep , there would be no rivers to interfere with us . " " And when we ...
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... rivers which run southward into the Gariep . I know there are several at no very great distance from the coast : we can follow any one of these to its junction with the great river . When we have once got there , I have no doubt what ...
... rivers which run southward into the Gariep . I know there are several at no very great distance from the coast : we can follow any one of these to its junction with the great river . When we have once got there , I have no doubt what ...
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Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa H. C. Adams No preview available - 2022 |
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