His Natural Life, Volumen2R. Bentley, 1875 |
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... running in , and he knew it was imperative that he should regain the further shore while the current was in his favour . To cross from the Pilot Station at low water was impossible . If he waited until the ebb , he must spend another ...
... running in , and he knew it was imperative that he should regain the further shore while the current was in his favour . To cross from the Pilot Station at low water was impossible . If he waited until the ebb , he must spend another ...
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... running down from the hut . " Oh , Mr. Dawes ! I am so glad ! We were beginning to despair -mamma and I. " Dawes snatched her from the ground , and bursting into a joyous laugh , swung her into the air . " Tell me , " he cried A ...
... running down from the hut . " Oh , Mr. Dawes ! I am so glad ! We were beginning to despair -mamma and I. " Dawes snatched her from the ground , and bursting into a joyous laugh , swung her into the air . " Tell me , " he cried A ...
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... running crosswise to the keel , and forming the knees . Four saplings were now bent from end to end of the up- turned portions of the keel that represented stem and stern . Two of these four were placed above , as gunwales ; two below ...
... running crosswise to the keel , and forming the knees . Four saplings were now bent from end to end of the up- turned portions of the keel that represented stem and stern . Two of these four were placed above , as gunwales ; two below ...
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... running fore and aft . Sheets of bark were placed at the bot- tom of the craft , and made a safe flooring . It was late in the afternoon of the fourth day when these preparations were completed , and it was decided that on the morrow ...
... running fore and aft . Sheets of bark were placed at the bot- tom of the craft , and made a safe flooring . It was late in the afternoon of the fourth day when these preparations were completed , and it was decided that on the morrow ...
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... dog - carts , prize - fighters , and game - cocks galore ; and Maurice Frere , a penniless lieutenant , ma- rooned on the barren coast of Macquarie VOL . II . 3 Harbour , and acting as boatbuilder to a run- away The Coracle . 33.
... dog - carts , prize - fighters , and game - cocks galore ; and Maurice Frere , a penniless lieutenant , ma- rooned on the barren coast of Macquarie VOL . II . 3 Harbour , and acting as boatbuilder to a run- away The Coracle . 33.
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