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... guess hardly . You see it extends on to the prairie a bit . But we're rapidly building out- wards . " " Ah ! then your idea in the West is to lay out your streets first , and build up to them ? " 66 That's where it is , sir . That's ...
... guess hardly . You see it extends on to the prairie a bit . But we're rapidly building out- wards . " " Ah ! then your idea in the West is to lay out your streets first , and build up to them ? " 66 That's where it is , sir . That's ...
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... guess ? " " I have , more than once . " " Well , sir , they'll surprise you . I may say they'll strike you considerably . They're the most extra- ordinairily expansive enclosures in America . They run the cattle right into the yards on ...
... guess ? " " I have , more than once . " " Well , sir , they'll surprise you . I may say they'll strike you considerably . They're the most extra- ordinairily expansive enclosures in America . They run the cattle right into the yards on ...
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... guess I'll just adjourn and fix myself a bit . " So we lounged , and chatted , and amused our- selves for ten days , till the New York pilot boat appeared in sight , two hundred miles from land . These boats are so famous for their ...
... guess I'll just adjourn and fix myself a bit . " So we lounged , and chatted , and amused our- selves for ten days , till the New York pilot boat appeared in sight , two hundred miles from land . These boats are so famous for their ...
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... guess so ; there ain't any difference . " " What is the tonnage , now , of your schooner ? " " A trifle inside o ' fifty . We have a lot of room on board . " " And how many pilots do you carry ? " " We leave the port o ' Noo York with ...
... guess so ; there ain't any difference . " " What is the tonnage , now , of your schooner ? " " A trifle inside o ' fifty . We have a lot of room on board . " " And how many pilots do you carry ? " " We leave the port o ' Noo York with ...
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... guess that's ' bout how it is . " " And what is the pilotage fee ? " " Five dollars a foot for every foot the ship or steamer draws . " " Then the larger and more deeply - laden the vessel , the better for the pilot . " 66 Nat'rally ...
... guess that's ' bout how it is . " " And what is the pilotage fee ? " " Five dollars a foot for every foot the ship or steamer draws . " " Then the larger and more deeply - laden the vessel , the better for the pilot . " 66 Nat'rally ...
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