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... instant the decks are crowded by a rush of people who combine every colour , race , occu- pation , and business under the sun . Friends and relations , to meet those who are returning home . Loafers , some come down on the chance of ...
... instant the decks are crowded by a rush of people who combine every colour , race , occu- pation , and business under the sun . Friends and relations , to meet those who are returning home . Loafers , some come down on the chance of ...
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... instantly had every glass on board directed to it , and caused various suggestions that it might be the troops fighting with the Kaffirs , although there could not possibly have been any of our soldiers within several hundred miles . At ...
... instantly had every glass on board directed to it , and caused various suggestions that it might be the troops fighting with the Kaffirs , although there could not possibly have been any of our soldiers within several hundred miles . At ...
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... instant death . The Zulus call one of their regiments after this terrible beast , and thus lend more truth to the supposition that some such monster either exists or has existed . There is a very old pro- verb that the Zulu warriors ...
... instant death . The Zulus call one of their regiments after this terrible beast , and thus lend more truth to the supposition that some such monster either exists or has existed . There is a very old pro- verb that the Zulu warriors ...
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... instant my friend conjectured that the boy was in a fit , not seeing any cause for his madness ; but as he obtained a clearer view , he to his horror perceived that a huge black whip - snake - of all Natal snakes perhaps the most ...
... instant my friend conjectured that the boy was in a fit , not seeing any cause for his madness ; but as he obtained a clearer view , he to his horror perceived that a huge black whip - snake - of all Natal snakes perhaps the most ...
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... instant death , he went out with the boy . To all appearances the horse was unhurt ; not a sign of a bite could they detect , and the only thing injured was the rope of his halter , snapped asunder in the middle . To this day the hero ...
... instant death , he went out with the boy . To all appearances the horse was unhurt ; not a sign of a bite could they detect , and the only thing injured was the rope of his halter , snapped asunder in the middle . To this day the hero ...
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