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... feet in depth - that in- tersect the dried - up alluvial deposits of the rivers , and convert the newly spread soil into a system of horse - traps ; and ( 2 ) the sharp - pointed stakes left in the ahrah fields when the crop is cut ...
... feet in depth - that in- tersect the dried - up alluvial deposits of the rivers , and convert the newly spread soil into a system of horse - traps ; and ( 2 ) the sharp - pointed stakes left in the ahrah fields when the crop is cut ...
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... feet in a literal sense , because I quitted that capital during its mud season , but I did so figuratively , and from that hour ceased to be a townsman . I made for Kishnaghur , the happy centre of a my series of snipe jheels , that ...
... feet in a literal sense , because I quitted that capital during its mud season , but I did so figuratively , and from that hour ceased to be a townsman . I made for Kishnaghur , the happy centre of a my series of snipe jheels , that ...
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... feet , or from under his feet , he jumped upon it . Why he did so it is impossible to say : it furthered no object of anybody's , for we were awaiting the pig at the edge of the higher jungle , and quite ready for it , and , in fact ...
... feet , or from under his feet , he jumped upon it . Why he did so it is impossible to say : it furthered no object of anybody's , for we were awaiting the pig at the edge of the higher jungle , and quite ready for it , and , in fact ...
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... feet in height , and almost precipitous . I saw it was wiser to risk a broken head by going forward than a broken neck by being driven backward ; I rode at those three assailants , hitting right and left with a heavy hunting - crop , of ...
... feet in height , and almost precipitous . I saw it was wiser to risk a broken head by going forward than a broken neck by being driven backward ; I rode at those three assailants , hitting right and left with a heavy hunting - crop , of ...
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... feet in depth , swept like a mill - sluice ; the road was submerged for half a mile , and on either side of it were cuttings some of considerable depth - into which it was quite possible to ride . St George's companion pointed out the ...
... feet in depth , swept like a mill - sluice ; the road was submerged for half a mile , and on either side of it were cuttings some of considerable depth - into which it was quite possible to ride . St George's companion pointed out the ...
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